Patrick’s officially — officially — a doctor now. His defense last November and “Dr.” emblazoned business cards aren’t really official without the cap and gown ceremony that generally precedes them, but, eh, not in this case. Patrick received his doctoral hood June 1 in a smaller ceremony for the Ph.Ds. and then walked with the entire Princeton graduating class (roughly 2000 students including all the undergrads and masters’ students) on June 2. Patrick’s parents and I had great seats — only a few rows from the front, just behind the press (speaking of press: I ran into a girl I went to Medill with, who is now the spokeswoman for Princeton) — and Patrick managed to finagle himself a front-row center seat after leading in all the students. How’s that for leadership qualities? Oh, and Meryl Streep was also there!