Government Must Keep its Promise to IAS

To the Editor:

I support the plan to build houses for Institute faculty members at the site that was promised for this purpose in 1971 when the IAS donated land that now constitutes a big portion of the battlefield.

If you take the time to have a look at the site map and walk along the battlefield, you will notice that these houses will be further from the battlefield than other houses in the area.

The men honored in this battlefield died trying to build a better government, one that keeps their promises! The institute is an integral part of Princeton and has greatly contributed to its history. In fact Princeton is most well-known as the location of Einstein's home thanks to the Institute. It is the site of the first programable computer, etc. Hopefully, the houses built there will help to attract the best researchers and scholars who will make it an even more historically significant place.

I have been a faculty member at the IAS for the last 10 years and I live close the Institute; this convenience helps to facilitate important interactions with my fellow scientists and I hope that the Institute can continue to offer it to the new faculty that will come in the future.


Juan Maldacena

Princeton