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unusual facts about President of Yale University



Festival of Arts and Ideas

In 2013, some of the featured speakers were Joshua Foer (author, Moonwalking with Einstein), Richard Levin (former President of Yale University) and Marion Nestle (author, Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health).


see also

Benno Schmidt

Benno C. Schmidt, Jr., former president of Yale University, currently associated with Edison Schools

Giamatti

A. Bartlett Giamatti (1938–1989), president of Yale University and later Commissioner of Major League Baseball

James Angell

James Rowland Angell (1869–1949), President of Yale University, son of former

Mount Greylock

Timothy Dwight IV, President of Yale University, along with Williams College President Ebenezer Fitch, climbed Greylock in 1799, probably over a rough route cut by a local pioneer farmer Jeremiah Wilbur (in that time more land had been cleared on the slopes for farming than today).