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Yale University's Sterling Memorial Library, as seen from Maya Lin's sculpture, Women's Table. The sculpture records the number of women enrolled at Yale over its history; female undergraduates were not admitted until 1969. Yale University Library, which holds over 15 million volumes, is the third-largest university collection in the United States.
Samuel Russell (4 November 1660 – 24 June 1731 [1]) was one of the founders of Yale University. [2] [3] He was born in Hadley, Massachusetts, the second son of Rev. John Russell [4] and Rebecca Newberry Russell. He graduated from Harvard College in 1681 and was ordained while teaching at Hadley, Massachusetts.
The university's current president (official start date July 1, 2024) is Maurie D. McInnis, an American author and cultural historian, who formerly served as the sixth president of Stony Brook University and received her Ph.D. from Yale. The Office of the President is located in Woodbridge Hall, a 1901 building erected specifically for ...
Yale College is the undergraduate college of Yale University. Founded in 1701, it is the original school of the university. Although other Yale schools were founded as early as 1810, all of Yale was officially known as Yale College until 1887, when its schools were confederated and the institution was renamed Yale University.
Signature. Elihu Yale (5 April 1649 – 8 July 1721) was a British-American colonial administrator and philanthropist. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Yale only lived in America as a child, and spent the rest of his life in England, Wales, and India. He became a clerk for the East India Company at Fort St. George, later Madras, and eventually ...
James Pierpont or Pierrepont (January 4, 1659 – November 22, 1714) was a Congregationalist minister who is credited with the founding of Yale University in the United States. Early life [ edit ] Pierpont was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts , on January 4, 1659.
McInnis, 58, is the president of Stony Brook University on Long Island in New York. Yale said McInnis was the unanimous choice of the school's Board of Trustees. Yale University names Maurie ...
Skull and Bones entry from the 1948 Yale Banner. Former United States President George Herbert Walker Bush is listed fourth down. Skull and Bones, a secret society at Yale University, was founded in 1832. Until 1971, the organization published annual membership rosters, which were kept at Yale's library. In this list of notable Bonesmen, the ...