Quadrangle Club

The Princeton Quadrangle Club, often abbreviated to "Quad", is one of the eleven eating clubs at Princeton University that remain open. Located at 33 Prospect Avenue, the club is currently "sign-in," meaning it permits any second-semester sophomore, junior or senior to join.<ref>The Lowdown on the Eating Clubs of Princeton - The Prospect</ref> The club's tradition of openness is demonstrated as far back as 1970, when Quadrangle became one of the first coeducational eating clubs (Princeton University itself began admitting women in 1969, and the last eating clubs to include women did so in 1991).

History

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The Georgian Revival structure was designed by Henry Milliken (Princeton Class of '05) in 1915

The club was formed in 1896 in a house built on the south side of Prospect Avenue. In its early years, it changed its location several times. In 1901, it moved to the north side of "the Street," and in 1903 it moved back to the south side, where the Princeton Tower Club now stands. In 1910 it moved to a house built in 1887 for James McCosh, the eleventh president of Princeton University. In 1915, Quadrangle Club sold the McCosh house and built its own house, designed by Henry Milliken, Princeton Class of 1905 in a classic brick Georgian Revival structure. The club has existed in this building since 1916.

F. Scott Fitzgerald described Quadrangle Club in This Side of Paradise as "Literary Quadrangle." Fitzgerald later commented that he might have felt more comfortable in "Literary Quadrangle" with contemporaries such as John Peale Bishop, an American poet.<ref>Tumball, Andrew. Scott Fitzgerald. New York: Grove Press, 2001: p. 57</ref><ref>Princeton by F. Scott Fitzgerald</ref>

In 2016, Quad signed-in 115 new members, a 342% increase from the year before and more than any other sign-in eating club except for Terrace Club.<ref>Quad Receives Significant Increase in Membership - Daily Princetonian</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The current Chairman of the Board is alumnus Dinesh Maneyapanda.<ref>Princeton Consultants</ref>

Musical tradition

With some funding from the Princeton Undergraduate Student Government, the Quadrangle Club has hosted to some of the biggest concerts on Princeton's campus, including Barenaked Ladies in 1993, Lifehouse in 2003, Maroon 5 in 2004, Rihanna in 2006, and T-Pain in 2013. These concerts have been documented as having drawn more than half of the university's entire undergraduate population. Below is a listing of the groups that have performed at the club in recent years at the semiannual University-wide festival called "Lawnparties".

The club’s perspicacious interest in music also extends to identifying early musical talent and booking intimate club music evenings with future superstars. For example, in the late 1980s Blues Traveler played a party at Quadrangle before the release of their first album.

Year	Performing Groups (Spring)	Performing Groups (Fall)
2003	Lifehouse<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	George Clinton and P-Funk All-Stars<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2004	Maroon 5<ref>University investigates Verizon for contract violation</ref>	N/ATemplate:Efn
2005	Phantom Planet and The Gin Blossoms<ref>Meet the band - The Daily Princetonian</ref>	Jurassic 5<ref>No method to madness - The Daily Princetonian</ref><ref>The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Concert Planners Face Range of Hurdles</ref>
2006	Ghostface Killah and Rooney	Rihanna and The Pink Spiders<ref>Rihanna to perform at Lawnparties - The Daily Princetonian</ref><ref>Pon de Lawnparties - The Daily Princetonian</ref>
2007	Less Than Jake and Reel Big Fish<ref>Two punk rock, ska bands to perform at Lawnparties - The Daily Princetonian</ref>	Everclear and The Fold<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2008	Howie Day and New Found Glory	Matt Nathanson and Lupe Fiasco<ref>Lupe Fiasco to play at Lawnparties - The Daily Princetonian</ref>
2009	Gym Class Heroes<ref>Gym Class Heroes to Perform at Lawnparties - The Daily Princetonian</ref>	N/ATemplate:Efn
2010	The Roots<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Super Mash Bros and B.o.B<ref>B.o.B to Headline Lawnparties, Confirming Speculation - The Daily Princetonian</ref>
2011	Big K.R.I.T. and Wiz Khalifa<ref>Rapper Wiz Khalifa to Perform at Lawnparties - The Daily Princetonian</ref>	Far East Movement and The White Panda<ref>Far East Movement to Headline Lawnparties - The Daily Princetonian</ref>
2012	Timeflies and Childish Gambino<ref>Rapper Childish Gambino to Headline Spring Lawnparties - The Daily Princetonian</ref>	Third Eye Blind<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2013	Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Chiddy Bang and T-Pain<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2014	Mayer Hawthorne and GRiZ<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Schoolboy Q and Angel Haze<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2015	Big Sean<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Holychild and Nate Ruess<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2016	Chvrches<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Icona Pop and Sammy Adams<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2017	Jeremih and J.I.D<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Tinashe and Awkwafina<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2018	Vince Staples<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Cheat Codes and DJ CTE<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2019	A Boogie wit da Hoodie, IV Jay, and Malpractice<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	CupcakKe, 3OH!3, Rich Homie Quan<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2020	N/ATemplate:Efn	Jason Derulo (virtual)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2021	N/ATemplate:Efn	A$AP Ferg<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Notable alumni

• Stephen Ailes '33 - United States Secretary of the Army 1964-1965
• R. W. Apple, Jr. '57 - New York Times editor<ref>'Prince' Elects Apple Chairman, Motland Voted Business Manager - The Daily Princetonian</ref>
• Robert L. Belknap '51 - Russian literature scholar and dean of Columbia College<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Jeff Bezos '86 - founder of Amazon.com<ref>Inside the Mind of Jeff Bezos | Fast Company</ref>
• Eduardo Bhatia '86 - 15th President of the Senate of Puerto Rico
• John Peale Bishop '17 - writer, poet<ref>Tumball, Andrew. Scott Fitzgerald. New York: Grove Press, 2001: p. 57</ref>
• Kit Bond '60 - former U.S. senator and governor of Missouri<ref>Frank Deford & Princeton Eating Clubs</ref>
• Ralph DeNunzio '56 - investment banker and chairman of the New York Stock Exchange<ref>Princeton Class of 1953</ref>
• Fred E. Fox '39 - collector of Princeton traditions known as "Keeper of the Princetoniana"
• Robert F. Goheen '40 - president of Princeton University and U.S. Ambassador to India<ref>PAW November 8, 2006: Features</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers '87 - US District Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
• J. Robert Hillier '59 - Founder of Hillier Architecture (sold to RMJM in 2007)
• David Huebner '82 - United States Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa
• Wentworth Miller '95 - Actor, model and screenwriter
• Jerome Powell '75 - Chair of the Federal Reserve
• Neil L. Rudenstine '56 - Former president of Harvard University.
• George P. Shultz '42 - Former United States Secretary of Labor, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of State, and president of Bechtel.<ref>Eating Clubs of Princeton</ref>
• Adlai Stevenson '22 - governor of Illinois, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and Democratic Party nominee for President in 1952 and 1956<ref>Princeton - News - Mudd Library Completes Catalog, Preservation of Adlai E. Stevenson Papers</ref>
• Robert Venturi '47 - Architect (at Princeton: Wu Hall, Lewis Thomas Laboratory, Frist Campus Center)
• Sir Gordon Wu '58 - Chairman of Hopewell Holdings

External links

• Princeton Quadrangle Club undergraduate website
• Princeton Quadrangle Club alumni website