MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – October 5, 2005 – Google Inc. (NASDAQ:
GOOG) today announced that Shirley M. Tilghman, Princeton
University’s President and Professor of Molecular Biology, was
unanimously elected to join Google’s Board of Directors. Dr. Tilghman
is a world-renowned scholar, an exceptional teacher, and is respected
worldwide for her pioneering research and advocacy of women in science
“It’s an honor to welcome a woman of Dr. Tilghman’s reputation to
our board,” said Eric Schmidt, Chairman and CEO of Google. “Google
is a company born out of university research, so we look forward to
tapping into her extraordinary talents as an accomplished academic, and
as a champion of discovery.”