Christian Eisgruber, the new president of Princeton University, speaks at the Princeton Regional Chamber lunch on Thursday, May 8, at the Forrestal Marriott.

Raised Catholic, he recently discovered that he has Jewish heritage, and now describes himself as a non-theist Jew.

Another intriguing factoid: he used to teach a seminar on the Supreme Court and I’ll bet he has a strong opinion about the Court’s ruling on affirmative action. One of his missions as provost was to increase diversity on campus.

He’s the first president in 25 years to be an alumnus of the university: he is Class of 1989.