Shirley M. Tilghman
Shirley Tilghman | |
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Tilghman in 2006 | |
| 19th President of Princeton University | |
| In office June 15, 2001 – July 1, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Harold Tafler Shapiro |
| Succeeded by | Christopher L. Eisgruber |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Shirley Marie Caldwell 17 September 1946 |
| Spouse | Joseph Tilghman (1970–1983) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Queen's University (BSc) Temple University (MS, PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Molecular biology |
| Institutions | Princeton University |
| Thesis | The hormonal regulation of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (1975) |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard W. Hanson |
| Doctoral students | Mary E. Brunkow |
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Shirley Marie Tilghman OC FRS (/ˈtɪlmən/; née Caldwell; born 17 September 1946) is a Canadian scholar in molecular biology. She is a professor of molecular biology and public policy and president emerita of Princeton University. She served as the 19th president of Princeton University from June 2001 to July 2013.
Tilghman was a member of the Princeton faculty for fifteen years before being named president. She has returned to the Princeton faculty as a professor of molecular biology. She was the 2015 president of the American Society for Cell Biology. In 2002, Discover magazine recognized her as one of the 50 most important women in science.