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Gifford Pinchot (Yale College graduate, 1889), governor of Pennsylvania (1923–27, 1931–35), first Chief of the United States Forest Service (1905–10), and founder of and professor in Yale School of Forestry; Winthrop Rockefeller (Class of 1935), attended Yale 1931–34; governor of Arkansas (1967–71)
The Elihu Club was founded by eleven students in 1903 as an "open senior society", rather than a secret society. [6] [7] [5] [8] At the time, this was considered in "variance with accepted traditions" at Yale and "an interesting democratic innovation". [8] its name from Elihu Yale who was the primary benefactor of Yale College. [3]
Based in New Haven, Connecticut, Yale graduates are most likely to be called David, John and Michael, according to our research. Nick Carraway was the most common full name, while some of the most ...
He was also a marble manufacturer and the author of the Yale genealogy book published in 1850. [1] Capt. Yale's cousin, Rev. Thomas Yale, became the first of the Yales to graduate from Yale College in 1765. [1] The past member being Deacon David Yale, educated at Cambridge University, England, who received an honorary degree from Yale in 1724. [29]
John Hart Ely (/ ˈ iː l iː / EE-lee; December 3, 1938 – October 25, 2003) was an American legal scholar.He was a professor of law at Yale Law School from 1968 to 1973, Harvard Law School from 1973 to 1982, Stanford Law School from 1982 to 1996, and at the University of Miami Law School from 1996 until his death.
Eli most commonly refers to: Eli (name), a given name, nickname and surname; ... Eli, someone from Yale University, after Elihu Yale [broken anchor] See also
Eli Ives (February 7, 1779 – October 8, 1861) was an American physician. He was son of Dr Levi and Lydia (Auger) Ives, and was born in New Haven, Connecticut , February 7, 1779. He graduated from Yale University in 1799.
Yale's secret societies boast some of the world's most powerful people as members-- and each organization's staggering wealth may stun you.