Editing Colonial Club (section)

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{{Infobox NRHP
| name          = Colonial Club
| nrhp_type     = cp
| nocat         = yes
| partof        = [[Princeton Historic District (Princeton, New Jersey)|Princeton Historic District]]
| partof_refnum = 75001143<ref>{{cite web | title=Princeton Historic District | url={{NRHP url|id=75001143}} | website=National Register of Historic Places | publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>
| image         = Colonial Eating Club Pton.JPG
| caption       =
| location      = 40 Prospect Ave, [[Princeton, New Jersey]]
| coordinates   = {{coord|40|20|55.8|N|74|39|10.1|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin      = USA New Jersey Mercer County#New Jersey#USA
| area          =
| built         = 1906
| architect     = [[Robert W. Gibson]] and Francis G. Stewart
| architecture  = [[Colonial Revival architecture|Colonial revival]]
| added         = 27 June 1975
}}'''Colonial Club''' is one of the eleven current [[Eating club (Princeton University)|eating clubs of Princeton University]] in [[Princeton, New Jersey]], [[United States]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/29/education/edlife/princeton.html | title=More Than a Meal Plan | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=July 29, 2007 | access-date=2008-10-06 | last=Hu | first=Winnie}}</ref> Founded in 1891, it is the fifth oldest of the clubs. It is located on 40 Prospect Avenue.

A private social club for undergraduates at [[Princeton University]], the club was referred to as "flamboyant Colonial" in [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]]'s [[debut novel]], ''[[This Side of Paradise]]'', and was defined as being one of the "top five" clubs along with [[The Ivy Club|Ivy]], [[University Cottage Club|Cottage]], [[Cap and Gown Club|Cap & Gown]], and [[Tiger Inn]]. As the first eating club to both abandon the selective [[Eating clubs at Princeton University#Bicker|bicker]] process and become coeducational in 1969, Colonial Club has been heralded for its progressive legacy.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://princetoneatingclubs.org/eating-club/colonial-club/ | title=The Eating Clubs of Princeton University: Colonial Club}}</ref>

Colonial Club has been affiliated with over 7 Rhodes Scholars and several Valedictorians of Princeton University. Among the Princetonians who were involved in the World War II code-breaking at [[Bletchley Park]],
some were allegedly from Colonial Club.<ref>{{cite news | title=Princetonians in the Ultra Service | work=[[Princeton Alumni Weekly]] | date=May 27, 1975}}</ref>

The club has served as the primary social scene for several notable alumni during their undergraduate years, including former Colonial Club Vice President [[Joseph Nye]] '58, co-founder of the [[international relations]] theory of [[Neoliberalism (international relations)|neoliberalism]], [[Pete Conrad]] '53, third man to walk on the Moon, [[Eric Schmidt]] '76, executive chairman of [[Alphabet Inc.]] and former CEO of [[Google]], and [[Ted Cruz]] '92, U.S. Senator and candidate for the [[Republican nomination]] for [[President of the United States]] in the 2016 election.