Princeton U. To Unveil Portrait Of Former Senator Bill Bradley

PRINCETON, NJ — Former Knicks player and ex-U.S. Senator from New Jersey, Bill Bradley, will have his official portrait unveiled at Princeton University on Friday.

Bradley, a Princeton University alum, is the University’s all-time leading scorer in basketball. He also won an Olympic gold medal in 1964.

The University said Bradley has had an “enduring impact on multiple fields, excelled in the nation’s service and the service of humanity, and made significant contributions to the life of the University.”

As a senator, Bradley championed causes relating to the environment, energy, foreign policy, and health care. He is also a former member of the University’s Board of Trustees. Bradley was the 1987 winner of the University’s Woodrow Wilson Award.

His portrait was commissioned as part of the University’s broader effort to expand its portrait collection to reflect its diversity and history.

In 2016, the Board of Trustees adopted a report on Woodrow Wilson’s legacy in Princeton. This report included a recommendation that the University diversify campus art to be more diverse, inclusive and welcoming.

Recent portraits include those of Judge Denny Chin, the first Asian American appointed as a U.S. District Judge outside of California and Hawaii; Sir W. Arthur Lewis, Nobel laureate and Princeton’s first black full professor; author Toni Morrison; Alan Turing, father of Computer Science and gay man persecuted for his sexual orientation among others.

Bradley’s portrait will be unveiled Friday, 4:30 p.m. in Dodds Atrium, Robertson Hall. The event is open to the public.

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