In December 1933, Nina McAlpin (Mrs. Lord) secured from the Princeton
University, for herself and five of her friends, the Hobart Baker Memorial
Rink for practice. This marked the beginning of the Princeton Skating Club.
Enthusiasm for the sport grew until it became necessary to organize this
activity. In 1935 a constitution for the Princeton Skating Club was adopted,
a Board of Governors was elected with Nina McAlpin as President, and the
United States Figure Skating Association (USFSA) admitted the newly
organized Club to membership.
The Club is a nonprofit corporation, which is directed by an elected Board of
Governors according to established by-laws. The Board and the Club
officers are made up of members with several years' tenure who have a keen
interest in skating and in the Club's activities.
Since that date the Princeton Skating Club has grown. With increasing local
interest in skating over the years, the program s offered to the membership
have broadened to include recreational skating as well as serious figure
skating.
A factor that greatly aided our growth and enabled us to expand our
programs was the Club's successful efforts in 1966 to provide a rink for the
new Princeton Day School (PDS). The PDS Rink opened in January 1967.
After nearly 30 years of extensive use, the PDS Rink needed to be replaced.
In December 1995, PSC helped PDS launch its fund-raising for a new rink
with a professional ice show featuring Paul Wylie, Rosalynn Sumners and
Sarah Hughes. Two years later, thanks to the generous support from one of
our charter members and the club membership, the new Lisa McGraw Rink at
Princeton Day School became a reality. The rink officially opened in 1998
and provides state-of-the-art figure skating facilities to our Club.
