Brady Walkinshaw '06 has been elected Young Alumni Trustee, several individuals with knowledge of the race's outcome said tonight.
University officials could not be reached to discuss the outcome and Walkinshaw declined to comment pending formal notification of the other two candidates, fellow seniors Chris Lloyd and Lide Paterno.
The University traditionally names the winner of the three-way race at the Reunions P-rade, scheduled for Saturday.
Walkinshaw, who will serve a four-year term on the University Board of Trustees as one of four young alumni members, emerges as an unexpected victor.
Unlike many of his fellow young alumni trustees — including Matt Margolin '05 and Rishi Jaitly '04, who were USG president and USG Projects Board chair, respectively — Walkinshaw has not held any senior position in student government.
Walkinshaw, a Wilson School major from Everson, Wa., served on the executive board of the Student Volunteers Council and worked in Tegucigalpa, Honduras in the summer of 2004, in addition to participating in several other community service activities on and off campus. He will return to Tegucigalpa this year on as a Fulbright fellow to work for the Honduran ministry of education.
Lloyd is president of the Class of 2006 and Paterno recently completed his term as co-chair of the Projects Board.
"I am running for Young Alumni Trustee," Walkinshaw said in his candidate profile, "because I am passionate about what Princeton does: the way that it mixes a surprising, inspired, and diverse group of people, and challenges us in more ways than I could have imagined."
"I am grateful to Princeton for what it has given me," he added, "and I am excited about working to provide the same opportunities to future generations of Princeton students."
The run-up to this year's election was characterized by heated debate about the University's decision to disallow candidates from campaigning. Young alumni candidates have traditionally voted on whether to allow campaigning or not. This year, however, University officials did not allow the vote, arguing that University tradition has dictated that all alumni trustee candidates not campaign.
Some candidates publicly sparred over the issue. Ira Leeds '06, one of the candidates, launched a petition in favor of campaigning. Though it drew several hundred signatures, momentum behind Leeds' "Princeton Matters" campaign fizzled after he didn't make it to the top three.
Walkinshaw did not publicly take a position for or against campaigning.
More to come.
— Princetonian Staff
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