Editing Yale University (section)

==Notable people==
===Benefactors===
Yale has had many financial supporters, but some stand out by the magnitude or timeliness of their contributions. Among those who have made large donations commemorated at the university are: [[Elihu Yale]], [[Jeremiah Dummer]], the [[Vanderbilt family|Vanderbilt]] family, the [[Harkness Tower|Harkness]] family ([[Edward S. Harkness|Edward]], [[Anna M. Harkness|Anna]], and [[William Harkness|William]]), the [[Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library|Beinecke]] family (Edwin, [[Frederick W. Beinecke|Frederick]], and Walter), [[John William Sterling]], [[Payne Whitney]], [[Joseph Earl Sheffield]], [[Paul Mellon]], [[Charles B.&nbsp;G. Murphy]], [[Joseph Tsai]], [[William K. Lanman]], and [[Stephen A. Schwarzman|Stephen Schwarzman]]. The Yale Class of 1954, led by [[Richard Gilder]], donated {{USD|70 million|long=no}} in commemoration of their 50th&nbsp;reunion.<ref>{{cite news |first= Stephanie|last= Strom|title=$75,000 a Record Gift for Yale? Here's How |url= https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D05E7D81631F932A35755C0A9629C8B63&scp=1&sq=Yale%20class%20of%201954%20%24110%20million&st=cse|work= The New York Times |location= New York|date= June 1, 2004|access-date=November 22, 2008}}</ref> [[Charles B. Johnson]], a 1954 graduate of Yale College, pledged a {{USD|250 million|long=no}} gift in 2013 to support the construction of two new residential colleges.<ref>{{cite web|last=Conroy|first=Tom|title=Historic $250 million gift to Yale from alumnus is largest ever|url=http://news.yale.edu/2013/09/29/historic-250-million-gift-yale-alumnus-largest-ever|work=YaleNews|date=September 29, 2013|publisher=Yale University|access-date=March 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314021225/http://news.yale.edu/2013/09/29/historic-250-million-gift-yale-alumnus-largest-ever|archive-date=March 14, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> The colleges have been named respectively in honor of [[Pauli Murray]] and [[Benjamin Franklin]]. A {{USD|100 million|long=no}} contribution<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fears|first1=Danika|title=The $100 million couple|url=http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2009/02/18/the-100-million-couple/|website=Yale Daily News|date=February 18, 2009|access-date=April 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413154219/http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2009/02/18/the-100-million-couple/|archive-date=April 13, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> by [[Stephen Adams (businessman)|Stephen Adams]] enabled the [[Yale School of Music]] to become tuition-free and the Adams Center for Musical Arts to be built, while a {{USD|150 million|long=no}} contribution<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 30, 2021 |title=With gift from David Geffen, Yale's drama school goes tuition-free |url=https://news.yale.edu/2021/06/30/gift-david-geffen-yales-drama-school-goes-tuition-free |access-date=May 7, 2023 |website=YaleNews |language=en}}</ref> by [[David Geffen]] enabled the Yale School of Drama (renamed the [[David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University|David Geffen School of Drama at Yale]]) to become tuition-free as well.

===Notable alumni===
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{{Further|List of Yale University people|List of Yale Law School alumni|List of Nobel laureates affiliated with Yale University}}Yale has produced many distinguished alumni in various fields, in both the public and private sectors. According to 2020 data, around 71% of undergraduates join the workforce, while 17% attend graduate or professional schools.<ref>{{Cite report|url=https://cdn.ocs.yale.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/77/2021/01/Final-Class-of-2020-Report-6-months.pdf|title=First Destination Report: Class of 2020|date=2020|publisher=[[Yale College]]|access-date=February 21, 2021|archive-date=April 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421051808/https://cdn.ocs.yale.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/77/2021/01/Final-Class-of-2020-Report-6-months.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Yale graduates have been recipients of 263 [[Rhodes Scholarship]]s,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020|title=Rhodes Scholarship Winner Count By Institutions|url=https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/media/44935/2020-rs_number-of-winners-by-institution.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205000915/https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/media/44935/2020-rs_number-of-winners-by-institution.pdf|archive-date=December 5, 2020|access-date=February 21, 2021|publisher=Rhodes Trust}}</ref> 123 [[Marshall Scholarship]]s,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Statistics and Resources – Marshall Scholarships|url=https://www.marshallscholarship.org/the-scholarship/statistics-and-resources|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111154634/https://www.marshallscholarship.org/the-scholarship/statistics-and-resources|archive-date=January 11, 2021|access-date=February 21, 2021|website=www.marshallscholarship.org|publisher=Marshall Scholarships}}</ref> 67 [[Harry S. Truman Scholarship|Truman Scholarships]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Search Our Scholars|url=https://www.truman.gov/search-our-scholars?field_profile_name_at_award_value=&field_profile_selection_year_value=&field_profile_selection_state_tid=All&field_institution_name_value=Yale|access-date=February 21, 2021|website=The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation}}</ref> 21 [[Churchill Scholarship]]s,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Churchill Scholarship|url=https://churchillscholarship.org/scholars.html|access-date=February 21, 2021|website=churchillscholarship.org|publisher=The Winston Churchill Foundation of the United States|archive-date=April 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415055657/https://www.churchillscholarship.org/scholars.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and 9 [[Mitchell Scholarship]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|title=US-Ireland Alliance|url=https://us-irelandalliance.org/mitchellscholarship/scholars/bios|access-date=February 20, 2021|website=us-irelandalliance.org|publisher=[[US-Ireland Alliance]]|archive-date=February 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224182008/https://www.us-irelandalliance.org/mitchellscholarship/scholars/bios|url-status=dead}}</ref> The university is the 2nd largest producer of [[Fulbright Program|Fulbright Scholars]], with 1,244 in its history<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fulbright Student Program|url=https://us.fulbrightonline.org/component/filter/?view=filter|access-date=February 21, 2021|website=us.fulbrightonline.org|publisher=[[Institute of International Education]]|archive-date=June 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622030228/http://us.fulbrightonline.org/component/filter/?view=filter|url-status=dead}}</ref> and 89 [[MacArthur Fellows Program|MacArthur Fellows]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=All Fellows – MacArthur Foundation|url=https://www.macfound.org/fellows/search?educational_institutions=161292|access-date=February 21, 2021|website=www.macfound.org|publisher=MacArthur Foundation}}</ref> The U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs ranked Yale fifth among research institutions producing the most 2020–2021 Fulbright Scholars.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Morris|first1=Zach|title=Yale was a top producer of Fulbright awardees during 2020–2021 cycle|url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2021/03/19/yale-was-top-producer-of-fulbright-awardees-during-2020-2021-cycle/|access-date=March 21, 2021|website=yaledailynews.com|date=March 19, 2021|language=en}}</ref> 31 [[List of universities by number of billionaire alumni|living billionaires]] are alumni.<ref name="Elkins-2018" />

One of the most popular undergraduate majors is political science, with many going on to serve in government and politics.<ref>{{Cite report|url=https://oir.yale.edu/sites/default/files/factsheet_2021_vf_011321.pdf|title=Factsheet 2020–21|date=January 13, 2021|publisher=Yale Office of Institutional Research|access-date=February 21, 2021}} {{dead link|date=April 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> Former presidents who attended for undergrad include [[William Howard Taft]], [[George H. W. Bush]], and [[George W. Bush]] while former presidents [[Gerald Ford]] and [[Bill Clinton]] attended Yale Law School.<ref>{{cite web|title=Colleges and Universities Attended by the Presidents|url=http://www.presidentsusa.net/collegelisting.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019051347/http://www.presidentsusa.net/collegelisting.html|archive-date=October 19, 2016|access-date=November 3, 2016|website=www.presidentsusa.net}}</ref> Vice President [[JD Vance]] graduated from Yale Law School.<ref>{{Cite web|title=J. D. Vance|url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/V000137|access-date=October 3, 2023|website=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Saul|first=Stephanie|date=July 17, 2024|title=How Yale Propelled J.D. Vance's Career |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/17/us/jd-vance-yale-law-school.html|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717104304/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/17/us/jd-vance-yale-law-school.html|archive-date=July 17, 2024 |access-date=January 20, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>  Former vice president and influential [[antebellum era]] politician [[John C. Calhoun]]<ref>{{cite web|title=John C. Calhoun {{!}} Clemson University, South Carolina|url=http://www.clemson.edu/about/history/calhoun-clemson/johnccalhoun.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101154700/http://www.clemson.edu/about/history/calhoun-clemson/johnccalhoun.html|archive-date=January 1, 2016|access-date=December 19, 2016|website=www.clemson.edu}}</ref> also graduated from Yale. Former world leaders include Italian prime minister [[Mario Monti]],<ref>{{Cite news|date=February 18, 2013|title=Profile: Mario Monti|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-15695056|url-status=live|access-date=February 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906054137/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-15695056|archive-date=September 6, 2018}}</ref> Turkish prime minister [[Tansu Çiller]],<ref>{{Cite news|title=Tansu Çiller {{!}} Turkish prime minister and economist|language=en|work=Encyclopedia Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tansu-Ciller|url-status=live|access-date=February 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723042013/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tansu-Ciller|archive-date=July 23, 2019}}</ref> South Korean prime minister [[Lee Hong-koo]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Member (LEE Hong-koo) {{!}} Asia-Pacific Leadership Network |url=https://www.apln.network/members/korea/hong-koo-lee/bio |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=www.apln.network}}</ref> Mexican president [[Ernesto Zedillo]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Interview with Ernesto Zedillo|url=https://som.yale.edu/interview-ernesto-zedillo|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418075416/https://som.yale.edu/interview-ernesto-zedillo|archive-date=April 18, 2019|access-date=February 28, 2018|website=Yale School of Management|date=December 5, 2013|language=en}}</ref> German president [[Karl Carstens]],<ref>{{Cite news|date=May 31, 1992|title=Karl Carstens, Former President of West Germany, Is Dead at 77|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/31/world/karl-carstens-former-president-of-west-germany-is-dead-at-77.html|url-status=live|access-date=February 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301044714/http://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/31/world/karl-carstens-former-president-of-west-germany-is-dead-at-77.html|archive-date=March 1, 2018|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Philippine president [[José Paciano Laurel]],<ref>{{Cite news|title=José P. Laurel {{!}} president of the Philippines|language=en|work=Encyclopedia Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jose-P-Laurel|url-status=live|access-date=February 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110173823/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jose-P-Laurel|archive-date=November 10, 2016}}</ref> Latvian president [[Valdis Zatlers]],<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Blair|first=Jenny|date=2010|title=From the operating room to Parliament|url=https://medicine.yale.edu/news/yale-medicine-magazine/from-the-operating-room-to-parliament/|magazine=Yale Medicine Magazine|publisher=Yale School of Medicine Office of Communications|volume=45|issue=1|page=28|access-date=February 21, 2021|archive-date=October 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006180116/https://medicine.yale.edu/news/yale-medicine-magazine/from-the-operating-room-to-parliament/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Taiwanese premier [[Jiang Yi-huah]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Yi-Huah Jiang – People – Berggruen Institute|url=https://www.berggruen.org/people/yi-huah-jiang/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922144554/https://www.berggruen.org/people/yi-huah-jiang/|archive-date=September 22, 2020|access-date=February 21, 2021|website=www.berggruen.org|date=June 15, 2018 |publisher=[[Berggruen Institute]]}}</ref> and Malawian president [[Peter Mutharika]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Cambria|first=Nancy|title=New president of Malawi taught at Washington University law school for nearly 40 years|language=en|work=stltoday.com|url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/new-president-of-malawi-taught-at-washington-university-law-school/article_295d73e8-3438-5e73-acca-c5fdd9fa575c.html|url-status=live|date=June 2, 2014|access-date=February 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006232334/https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/new-president-of-malawi-taught-at-washington-university-law-school/article_295d73e8-3438-5e73-acca-c5fdd9fa575c.html|archive-date=October 6, 2018}}</ref> among others. Prominent royals who graduated are [[Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden]],<ref>{{Cite news|title=Biography of Crown Princess Victoria|website=Swedish Royal Court|url=http://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt/royalfamily/hrhcrownprincessvictoria/biography.4.396160511584257f2180001679.html|url-status=dead|access-date=May 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520042444/http://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt/royalfamily/hrhcrownprincessvictoria/biography.4.396160511584257f2180001679.html|archive-date=May 20, 2017}}</ref> and [[Olympia von und zu Arco-Zinneberg|Olympia Bonaparte, Princess Napoléon]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Vanderhoof|first=Erin|date=October 21, 2019|title=This Weekend's Royal Wedding Had Some Surprising Historical Significance|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/10/jean-christophe-bonaparte-countess-olympia-wedding|access-date=February 17, 2021|website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]}}</ref>

Alumni have had considerable presence in U.S. government in all three branches. On the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]], 19 justices have been alumni, including current [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|Associate Justices]] [[Sonia Sotomayor]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Sonia Sotomayor '79 Nominated to U.S. Supreme Court|url=https://law.yale.edu/yls-today/news/sonia-sotomayor-79-nominated-us-supreme-court|date=May 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722055224/https://law.yale.edu/yls-today/news/sonia-sotomayor-79-nominated-us-supreme-court|archive-date=July 22, 2018|access-date=February 28, 2018|website=law.yale.edu|language=en}}</ref> [[Samuel Alito]],<ref name="Liptak-2014">{{Cite news|last=Liptak|first=Adam|date=October 25, 2014|title=Three Supreme Court Justices Return to Yale|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/us/three-supreme-court-justices-return-to-yale.html|url-status=live|access-date=February 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301050149/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/us/three-supreme-court-justices-return-to-yale.html|archive-date=March 1, 2018|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> [[Clarence Thomas]],<ref name="Liptak-2014" /> and [[Brett Kavanaugh]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kavanaugh, Brett M.|url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/kavanaugh-brett-m|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017044437/https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/kavanaugh-brett-m|archive-date=October 17, 2020|access-date=February 21, 2021|website=[[Federal Judicial Center]]}}</ref> Alumni have been [[United States Senate|U.S. Senators]], including current senators [[Michael Bennet]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Michael Bennet|url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=B001267|access-date=February 17, 2021|website=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]}}</ref> [[Richard Blumenthal]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Richard Blumenthal|url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=B001277|access-date=February 17, 2021|website=[[Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress]]}}</ref> [[Cory Booker]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cory Booker|url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=B001288|access-date=February 17, 2021|website=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]}}</ref> [[Sherrod Brown]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sherrod Brown|url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=b000944|access-date=February 17, 2021|website=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]}}</ref> [[Chris Coons]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chris Coons|url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=C001088|access-date=February 17, 2021|website=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]}}</ref> [[Amy Klobuchar]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Amy Klobuchar|url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=K000367|access-date=February 17, 2021|website=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]}}</ref> [[Sheldon Whitehouse]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sheldon Whitehouse|url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=W000802|access-date=February 17, 2021|website=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]}}</ref> Current and former cabinet members include Secretaries of State [[John Kerry]],<ref>{{Cite news|date=February 16, 2017|title=Secretary John Kerry '66 joins Yale as Distinguished Fellow for Global Affairs|language=en|work=YaleNews|url=https://news.yale.edu/2017/02/16/secretary-john-kerry-66-joins-yale-distinguished-fellow-global-affairs|url-status=live|access-date=February 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118151101/https://news.yale.edu/2017/02/16/secretary-john-kerry-66-joins-yale-distinguished-fellow-global-affairs|archive-date=November 18, 2018}}</ref> [[Hillary Clinton]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Darrah|first=Nicole|date=February 26, 2018|title=Hillary Clinton to speak at Yale graduation event|language=en-US|work=Fox News|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hillary-clinton-to-speak-at-yale-graduation-event/|url-status=live|access-date=February 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227232740/http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/26/hillary-clinton-to-speak-at-yales-graduation-event.html|archive-date=February 27, 2018}}</ref> [[Cyrus Vance]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Eligon|first=John|date=December 27, 2009|title=Cyrus R. Vance Jr. Found Own Way to Manhattan District Attorney's Office|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/28/nyregion/28vance.html|url-status=live|access-date=February 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301104139/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/28/nyregion/28vance.html|archive-date=March 1, 2018|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and [[Dean Acheson]];<ref>{{cite web|last=Edwards|first=Sebastian|date=May 24, 2018|title=The Gamble: If Gold Won't Go Up, Push the Dollar Down|website=[[Bloomberg News]]|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-05-24/fdr-s-gamble-on-gold-meant-devaluing-the-dollar|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906052500/https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-05-24/fdr-s-gamble-on-gold-meant-devaluing-the-dollar|archive-date=September 6, 2018}}</ref> U.S. Secretaries of the Treasury [[Oliver Wolcott]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Oliver Wolcott Sr.|url=https://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_connecticut/col2-content/main-content-list/oliver-wolcott-sr.default.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911190747/http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_connecticut/col2-content/main-content-list/oliver-wolcott-sr.default.html|archive-date=September 11, 2016|access-date=February 28, 2018|website=www.nga.org|language=en}}</ref> [[Robert Rubin]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Cohan|first=William D.|title=A First-Person History Lesson From Robert Rubin|language=en|work=DealBook|url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/11/19/a-first-person-history-lesson-from-robert-rubin/?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=C93FCF0FCE6239578B41384D2107FDA4&gwt=pay|url-status=live|date=November 19, 2014|access-date=September 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906014237/https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/11/19/a-first-person-history-lesson-from-robert-rubin/?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=C93FCF0FCE6239578B41384D2107FDA4&gwt=pay|archive-date=September 6, 2018}}</ref> [[Nicholas F. Brady]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Nicholas Frederick Brady|website = [[Bloomberg News]]|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=84131&privcapId=24807480|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906052440/https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=84131&privcapId=24807480|archive-date=September 6, 2018|access-date=September 5, 2018}}</ref> [[Steven Mnuchin]],<ref>{{Cite news|title=Mnuchin is Trump's pick for Treasury|language=en|work=USA Today|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/11/29/reports-mnuchin-trumps-pick-treasury/94629098/|url-status=live|access-date=September 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906015735/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/11/29/reports-mnuchin-trumps-pick-treasury/94629098/|archive-date=September 6, 2018}}</ref> [[Janet Yellen]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Janet Yellen|url=https://home.treasury.gov/about/general-information/officials/janet-yellen|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215085005/https://home.treasury.gov/about/general-information/officials/janet-yellen|archive-date=February 15, 2021|access-date=February 21, 2021|website=U.S. Department of the Treasury}}</ref> and [[Scott Bessent]];<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-08 |title=Scott Bessent |url=https://home.treasury.gov/about/general-information/officials/scott-bessent |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=U.S. Department of the Treasury |language=en}}</ref> U.S. Attorneys General [[Nicholas Katzenbach]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Martin|first=Douglas|title=Nicholas Katzenbach, 1960s Political Shaper, Dies at 90|work=The New York Times|language=en|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/us/nicholas-katzenbach-1960s-political-shaper-dies-at-90.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|date=May 9, 2012|access-date=September 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906014209/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/us/nicholas-katzenbach-1960s-political-shaper-dies-at-90.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=282EC41D079D4D750298326667875D53&gwt=pay|archive-date=September 6, 2018}}</ref> [[Edwin Meese]], [[John Ashcroft]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Austin|first=Shelbi|date=June 8, 2017|title=10 Things You Didn't Know About John Ashcroft|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-06-08/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-john-ashcroft |website=US News |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915223406/https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-06-08/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-john-ashcroft|archive-date=September 15, 2017}}</ref> and [[Edward H. Levi]];<ref>{{Cite news|last=Weil|first=Martin|date=March 8, 2000|title=Edward Levi Dies at 88|language=en-US|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2000/03/08/edward-levi-dies-at-88/59ad2eaa-0c1b-4273-90e9-f9d2c6d61c82/ |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=September 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906015455/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2000/03/08/edward-levi-dies-at-88/59ad2eaa-0c1b-4273-90e9-f9d2c6d61c82/|archive-date=September 6, 2018|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> and many others. Peace Corps founder and American diplomat [[Sargent Shriver]]<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Balakrishna|first1=Anjali|last2=Wanger|first2=Emily|date=January 19, 2011|title=Shriver dies at 95 |work=[[Yale Daily News]] |url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2011/01/19/shriver-dies-at-95/|access-date=February 22, 2021}}</ref> and public official and urban planner [[Robert Moses]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Goldberger|first=Paul|date=July 30, 1981|title=Robert Moses, master builder, is dead at 92 |language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/30/obituaries/robert-moses-master-builder-is-dead-at-92.html|access-date=February 22, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> are Yale alumni.

Yale has produced numerous award-winning authors and influential writers,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Swansburg|first=John|date=April 29, 2001|title=At Yale, Lessons in Writing and in Life |url-access=subscription |language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/29/nyregion/at-yale-lessons-in-writing-and-in-life.html|access-date=February 21, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> like [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] laureate [[Sinclair Lewis]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sinclair Lewis: Biographical|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1930/lewis/biographical/|access-date=February 17, 2021|website=[[The Nobel Prize|NobelPrize.org]]|language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Pulitzer Prize]] winners [[Stephen Vincent Benét]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Stephen Vincent Benét|url=https://poets.org/poet/stephen-vincent-benet|access-date=February 17, 2021|website=[[Academy of American Poets]]}}</ref> [[Thornton Wilder]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chronology|url=http://www.twildersociety.org/biography/chronology/|access-date=February 17, 2021|website=Thornton Wilder Society}}</ref> [[Doug Wright]],<ref>{{Cite news|date=April 5, 2010|title=Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright Doug Wright to Join Yale School of Drama Faculty|work=YaleNews|publisher=Yale University|url=https://news.yale.edu/2010/04/05/pulitzer-prize-winning-playwright-doug-wright-join-yale-school-drama-faculty|access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref> and [[David McCullough]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mattingly|first=Dan|date=February 25, 2002|title=Noted historian McCullough '55 returns to Yale|work=[[Yale Daily News]]|url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2002/02/25/noted-historian-mccullough-55-returns-to-yale/|access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref> [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] winning actors, actresses, and directors include [[Jodie Foster]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Wald|first=Matthew L.|date=April 5, 1981|title=JODIE FOSTER SEEKS 'NORMAL LIFE' AT YALE|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/05/nyregion/jodie-foster-seeks-normal-life-at-yale.html|url-status=live|access-date=September 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912235810/http://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/05/nyregion/jodie-foster-seeks-normal-life-at-yale.html|archive-date=September 12, 2017|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> [[Paul Newman]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Zuckerman|first=Esther|date=September 29, 2008|title=Paul Newman, legend from Yale Drama, dies at 83|work=[[Yale Daily News]]|url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2008/09/29/paul-newman-legend-from-yale-drama-dies-at-83/|access-date=February 19, 2021}}</ref> [[Meryl Streep]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Meryl Streep|url=http://www.biography.com/people/meryl-streep-9497266#synopsis|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225132102/http://www.biography.com/people/meryl-streep-9497266#synopsis|archive-date=February 25, 2017|access-date=February 24, 2017|website=Biography|language=en-us}}</ref> [[Elia Kazan]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Elia Kazan|url=https://www.kennedy-center.org/artists/k/ka-kn/elia-kazan/|access-date=February 17, 2021|website=[[The Kennedy Center]]}}</ref> [[George Roy Hill]],<ref>{{Cite news|date=December 28, 2002|title=Butch Cassidy director George Roy Hill dies|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/butch-cassidy-director-george-roy-hill-dies-1.454026|access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref> [[Lupita Nyong'o]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Romano|first=Tricia|date=March 13, 2014|title=What Did Lupita Nyong'o's Classmates at Yale Think of Her?|work=The Daily Beast|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/13/what-did-lupita-nyong-o-s-classmates-at-yale-think-of-her|access-date=September 20, 2017}}</ref> [[Oliver Stone]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=[[The Associated Press]]|date=May 8, 2016|title=Oliver Stone tells UConn graduates he flunked out of Yale|work=[[New Haven Register]]|url=https://www.nhregister.com/connecticut/article/Oliver-Stone-tells-UConn-graduates-he-flunked-out-11335680.php|access-date=February 19, 2021}}</ref> and [[Frances McDormand]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=January 26, 2001|title='I'd love to play a psycho killer'|work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/jan/26/culture.awardsandprizes|access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref> Alumni from Yale have also made notable contributions to both music and the arts. Leading American composer from the 20th century [[Charles Ives]],<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Burkholder|first=J. Peter|date=1999|title=Ives and Yale: The Enduring Influence of a College Experience |journal=College Music Symposium |publisher=College Music Society |volume=39 |pages=27–42 |jstor=40374568}}</ref> Broadway composer [[Cole Porter]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 10, 1960 |title=Cole Porter Gets a Yale Doctorate |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/98/11/29/specials/porter-yale.html |access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref> [[Grammy Award|Grammy award]] winner [[David Lang (composer)|David Lang]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=David Lang|url=https://music.yale.edu/people/david-lang|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029013505/https://music.yale.edu/people/david-lang|archive-date=October 29, 2020|access-date=February 21, 2021|website=music.yale.edu|publisher=Yale School of Music}}</ref> multi-[[Tony Award]] winner Composer and Musicologist [[Maury Yeston]],<ref>* {{wikicite|ref={{harvid|Yeston|1976}}|reference=Yeston, Maury. 1976 ''The Stratification of Musical Rhythm'' New Haven and London: Yale University Press {{ISBN|0-300-01884-3}}\}}</ref> and award-winning jazz pianist and composer [[Vijay Iyer]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=September 17, 2010|title=Vijay Iyer '92: Mathematician, Physicist, World-Class Jazz Pianist|work=[[Yale Daily News]]|url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2010/09/17/vijay-iyer-92-mathematician-physicist-world-class-jazz-pianist/|access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref> all hail from Yale. [[Hugo Boss Prize]] winner [[Matthew Barney]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Farago|first=Jason|date=March 21, 2019|title=A Lighter Matthew Barney Goes Back to School, and Back Home (Published 2019)|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/21/arts/design/matthew-barney-review-yale-university.html|access-date=February 17, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> famed American sculptor [[Richard Serra]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Richard Serra|url=https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/richard-serra|access-date=February 17, 2021|website=[[Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum|The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation]]}}</ref> President Barack Obama presidential portrait painter [[Kehinde Wiley]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Fadulu|first=Lola|date=November 4, 2018|title=Kehinde Wiley on Self-Doubt and How He Made It as a Painter|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/11/kehinde-wiley-skel/565265/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322221741/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/11/kehinde-wiley-skel/565265/|archive-date=March 22, 2019|access-date=March 22, 2019|website=The Atlantic}}</ref> [[MacArthur Fellows Program|MacArthur Fellows]] and contemporary artists [[Tschabalala Self]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.christies.com/features/10-things-to-know-about-Tschabalala-Self-10259-1.aspx |title=10 things to know about Tschabalala Self |publisher=[[Christie's]] |date=February 11, 2020 |access-date=May 29, 2023}}</ref> [[Titus Kaphar]], [[Richard Whitten]], and [[Sarah Sze]],<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Pogrebin|first=Robin|date=2017|title=Art as kaleidoscope|url=https://yalealumnimagazine.com/articles/4598-sarah-sze|magazine=[[Yale Alumni Magazine]]|volume=LXXXI|issue=2|access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref> [[Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning|Pulitzer Prize]] winning cartoonist [[Garry Trudeau]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Colangelo|first=Gabrielle|date=July 13, 2020|title=Garry Trudeau: Creativity in Isolation|url=https://beinecke.library.yale.edu/article/garry-trudeau-creativity-isolation|access-date=February 21, 2021|website=Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library|publisher=Yale University|language=en}}</ref> and [[National Medal of Arts]] photorealist painter [[Chuck Close]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chuck Close|url=http://walkerart.org/collections/artists/chuck-close|access-date=February 21, 2021|website=walkerart.org|publisher=Walker Art Center|language=en-US}}</ref> all graduated from Yale. Additional alumni include architect and [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] winner [[Maya Lin]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Women's Table|url=https://visitorcenter.yale.edu/tours/women-yale/womens-table|access-date=February 21, 2021|website=visitorcenter.yale.edu|publisher=Yale University|archive-date=October 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006154244/https://visitorcenter.yale.edu/tours/women-yale/womens-table|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Pritzker Architecture Prize|Pritzker Prize]] winner [[Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank|Norman Foster]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Foster|first=Norman|date=January 29, 2010|title=Foster: A design inspired by my time at Yale|work=[[Yale Daily News]]|publisher=Yale Daily News Publishing|url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2010/01/29/foster-a-design-inspired-by-my-time-at-yale/|access-date=February 21, 2021}}</ref> and [[Gateway Arch]] designer [[Eero Saarinen]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Schiff|first=Judith Ann|date=February 1999|title=Yale Alumni Magazine: Eero Saarinen '34BFA (Feb 99)|url=http://archives.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/99_02/old_yale.html|access-date=February 21, 2021|website=archives.yalealumnimagazine.com|publisher=Yale Alumni Publications, Inc.}}</ref> Journalists and pundits include [[Dick Cavett]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Faust|first=Rebecca|date=September 23, 2016|title=Dick Cavett '58: Bringing Yale to America|work=[[Yale Daily News]]|publisher=Yale Daily News Publishing|url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2016/09/23/dick-cavett-58-bringing-yale-to-america/|access-date=February 22, 2021}}</ref> [[Chris Cuomo]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 22, 2008|title=Chris Cuomo '92 {{!}} Newsmaker|url=https://yalealumnimagazine.com/blog_posts/891-chris-cuomo-92|access-date=February 22, 2021|website=[[Yale Alumni Magazine]]}}</ref> [[Anderson Cooper]],<ref>{{Cite news|title=Anderson Cooper '89 returns to campus|work=YaleNews|publisher=Yale Office of Public Affairs & Communications|url=https://news.yale.edu/photos/anderson-cooper-89-returns-campus|access-date=February 22, 2021}}</ref> [[William F. Buckley Jr.]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bundy|first=McGeorge|date=November 1951|title=The Attack on Yale|work=[[The Atlantic]]|publisher=The Atlantic Monthly Group|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1951/11/the-attack-on-yale/306724/|access-date=February 22, 2021}}</ref> [[Blake Hounshell]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Roberts |first=Sam |date=January 10, 2023 |title=Blake Hounshell, 'On Politics' Editor at The Times, Dies at 44 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/business/media/blake-hounshell-dead.html |url-status=live |access-date=January 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110234005/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/business/media/blake-hounshell-dead.html |archive-date=January 10, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and [[Fareed Zakaria]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=A Conversation with Fareed Zakaria YC '86, Marking the Third Anniversary of the Global Network for Advanced Management|url=https://som.yale.edu/event/2015/04/conversation-fareed-zakaria-yc-86-marking-third-anniversary-global-network-advanced-management|url-status=dead|access-date=February 22, 2021|website=Yale School of Management|archive-date=October 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006154243/https://som.yale.edu/event/2015/04/conversation-fareed-zakaria-yc-86-marking-third-anniversary-global-network-advanced-management}}</ref>

In business, Yale has had numerous alumni and former students go on to become founders of influential business, like [[William E. Boeing|William Boeing]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Boeing, William Edward : National Aviation Hall of Fame|url=https://www.nationalaviation.org/our-enshrinees/boeing-william/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124202346/https://www.nationalaviation.org/our-enshrinees/boeing-william/|archive-date=November 24, 2020|access-date=February 19, 2021|website=[[National Aviation Hall of Fame]]}}</ref> ([[Boeing]], [[United Airlines]]), [[Briton Hadden]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mangino|first=Andrew|date=October 20, 2006|title=Briton Hadden put in the spotlight|work=[[Yale Daily News]]|url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2006/10/20/briton-hadden-put-in-the-spotlight/|access-date=February 21, 2021}}</ref> and [[Henry Luce]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Whitman|first=Alden|title=Henry R. Luce, Creator of Time-Life Magazine Empire, Dies in Phoenix at 68|website=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0403.html|date=March 1, 1967|access-date=January 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205082902/http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0403.html|archive-date=February 5, 2017}}</ref> (''[[Time (magazine)|Time Magazine]]''), [[Stephen A. Schwarzman]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Stephen Schwarzman|url=https://www.blackstone.com/the-firm/our-people/person?person=1000272|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202055025/https://www.blackstone.com/the-firm/our-people/person?person=1000272|archive-date=February 2, 2017|access-date=January 30, 2017|website=www.blackstone.com|language=en}}</ref> ([[The Blackstone Group|Blackstone Group]]), [[Frederick W. Smith]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Frederick W. Smith – Center for Strategic and International Studies|url=https://www.csis.org/people/frederick-w-smith|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223050647/https://www.csis.org/people/frederick-w-smith|archive-date=December 23, 2020|access-date=February 17, 2021|website=[[Center for Strategic and International Studies]]}}</ref> ([[FedEx]]), [[Juan Trippe]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=April 4, 1981|title=JUAN TRIPPE, 81, DIES; U.S. AVIATION PIONEER|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/04/obituaries/juan-trippe-81-dies-us-aviation-pioneer.html|access-date=February 21, 2021}}</ref> ([[Pan Am]]), [[Harold Stanley]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bachrach|first=Fabian|date=May 15, 1963|title=Harold Stanley, 77, Is Dead; Led Investment-Banking Firm; Head of Morgan Stanley for 20 Years Till '55—Helped 17 Houses Win Trust Suit 'Will Enter Business' Headed Securities Unit Led Charity Drive|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1963/05/15/106221196.html|url-access=subscription|access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref> ([[Morgan Stanley]]), [[Bing Gordon]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 19, 2015|title=Bing Gordon hosts University Tea|url=https://secretary.yale.edu/news/bing-gordon-hosts-university-tea|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217223342/http://secretary.yale.edu/news/bing-gordon-hosts-university-tea|archive-date=December 17, 2015|access-date=February 17, 2021|website=Office of the Secretary and Vice President for University Life|publisher=Yale University}}</ref> ([[Electronic Arts]]), and [[Ben Silbermann]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 17, 2012|title=Ben Silbermann '03: A tech CEO moves out of Silicon Valley. {{!}} Newsmaker|url=https://yalealumnimagazine.com/blog_posts/1175-ben-silbermann-03-a-tech-ceo-moves-out-of-silicon-valley|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925141443/https://yalealumnimagazine.com/blog_posts/1175-ben-silbermann-03-a-tech-ceo-moves-out-of-silicon-valley|archive-date=September 25, 2020|access-date=February 19, 2021|website=[[Yale Alumni Magazine]]}}</ref> ([[Pinterest]]). Other business people from Yale include former chairman and CEO of [[Sears Holdings]] [[Edward Lampert]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Channick|first=Robert|date=April 18, 2019|title=Who is Edward Lampert? The hedge fund billionaire survived kidnapping and Kmart. Then came Sears.|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-cb-edward-lampert-sears-20190418-story.html|access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref> former [[Time Warner]] president [[Jeffrey Bewkes]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Fuchs|first=Hailey|date=April 12, 2018|title=Bewkes brings business expertise to Corp|work=[[Yale Daily News]]|url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2018/04/12/bewkes-brings-business-expertise-to-corp/|access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref> former [[PepsiCo]] chairperson and CEO [[Indra Nooyi]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sellers|first=Patricia|date=October 2, 2006|title=It's good to be the boss|work=CNN Money|url=https://money.cnn.com/2006/09/29/magazines/fortune/mpw.femaleCEOs.intro.fortune/index.htm|access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref> sports agent [[Donald Dell]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Donald Dell|url=https://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/donald-dell|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103131423/https://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/donald-dell|archive-date=January 3, 2021|access-date=February 19, 2021|website=[[International Tennis Hall of Fame]]}}</ref> and investor/philanthropist Sir [[John Templeton]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=McFadden|first=Robert D.|date=July 9, 2008|title=Sir John M. Templeton, Philanthropist, Dies at 95 (Published 2008)|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/09/business/09templeton-cnd.html|access-date=February 19, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

Alumni distinguished in academia include literary critic and historian [[Henry Louis Gates]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Siegel |first=Rachel |date=January 27, 2014 |title=Henry Louis Gates Jr. discusses documentary |work=[[Yale Daily News]] |url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2014/01/27/henry-louis-gates-jr-discusses-documentary/ |access-date=February 19, 2021}}</ref> economists [[Irving Fischer]],<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Barber |first=William J. |date=January 2005 |title=Irving Fisher of Yale |journal=[[American Journal of Economics and Sociology]] |volume=64 |issue=1 |pages=43–55 |doi=10.1111/j.1536-7150.2005.00348.x |jstor=3488116}}</ref> [[Mahbub ul Haq]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Crossette |first=Barbara|date=July 17, 1998|title=Mahbub ul Haq, 64, Analyst And Critic of Global Poverty (Published 1998) |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/17/world/mahbub-ul-haq-64-analyst-and-critic-of-global-poverty.html |access-date=February 19, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and Nobel Prize laureate [[Paul Krugman]];<ref>{{Cite news|date=November 8, 2010 |title=Nobel Laureate and NY Times Columnist Paul Krugman to Receive Yale Award|work=YaleNews|publisher=Yale University |url=https://news.yale.edu/2010/11/08/nobel-laureate-and-ny-times-columnist-paul-krugman-receive-yale-award|access-date=February 19, 2021}}</ref> [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] laureates [[Ernest Lawrence]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 1939 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1939/lawrence/biographical/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211151237/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1939/lawrence/biographical/|archive-date=February 11, 2021 |access-date=February 19, 2021|website=[[The Nobel Prize]]|language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Murray Gell-Mann]];<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lester|first=Caroline|date=2019|title=Murray Gell-Mann, 1929–2019|url=https://yalealumnimagazine.com/articles/4921-murray-gell-mann |magazine=[[Yale Alumni Magazine]]|volume=LXXXII|issue=6|access-date=February 19, 2021}}</ref> Fields Medalist [[John G. Thompson]];<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Abel Prize 2008–2012|publisher=Springer-Verlag|year=2014|isbn=978-3-642-39448-5|editor-last=Holden|editor-first=Helge|chapter=Curriculum Vitae for John Griggs Thompson|pages=123|doi=10.1007/978-3-642-39449-2_8|lccn=2013955612|editor-last2=Piene|editor-first2=Ragni|chapter-url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-39449-2_8}}</ref> [[Human Genome Project]] leader and [[National Institutes of Health]] director [[Francis S. Collins]];<ref>{{Cite web|title=Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.|url=https://www.genome.gov/10001018/former-nhgri-director-francis-collins-biography|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211212801/https://www.genome.gov/10001018/former-nhgri-director-francis-collins-biography|archive-date=February 11, 2021|access-date=February 20, 2021|website=[[National Human Genome Research Institute]]}}</ref> brain surgery pioneer [[Harvey Cushing]];<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bliss|first=Michael|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zENRDAAAQBAJ|title=Harvey Cushing: A Life in Surgery|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|year=2007|isbn=978-0-19-532961-2|location=[[New York City|New York]]|pages=34}}</ref> pioneering computer scientist [[Grace Hopper]];<ref>{{Cite book|last=Beyer|first=Kurt|title=Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age|publisher=[[MIT Press]]|year=2012|isbn=978-0-262-51726-3|pages=25}}</ref> influential mathematician and chemist [[Josiah Willard Gibbs]];<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Panek|first=Richard|date=2017|title=The greatest mind in American history|url=https://yalealumnimagazine.com/articles/4496-josiah-willard-gibbs|magazine=[[Yale Alumni Magazine]]|volume=LXXX|issue=5|access-date=February 20, 2021}}</ref> [[National Women's Hall of Fame]] inductee and biochemist [[Florence B. Seibert]];<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lambert|first=Bruce|date=August 31, 1991|title=Dr. Florence B. Seibert, Inventor Of Standard TB Test, Dies at 93|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/31/us/dr-florence-b-seibert-inventor-of-standard-tb-test-dies-at-93.html|access-date=February 20, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> [[Turing Award]] recipient [[Ron Rivest]];<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ronald Rivest {{!}} RSA Conference|url=https://www.rsaconference.com/experts/ronald-rivest|url-status=dead|access-date=February 21, 2021|website=www.rsaconference.com|publisher=RSA Security LLC|archive-date=January 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128063111/https://www.rsaconference.com/experts/ronald-rivest}}</ref> inventors [[Samuel F.B. Morse]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=1791–1839 {{!}} Timeline {{!}} Articles and Essays {{!}} Samuel F. B. Morse Papers at the Library of Congress, 1793–1919|url=https://www.loc.gov/collections/samuel-morse-papers/articles-and-essays/timeline/1791-1839/|access-date=February 21, 2021|website=Library of Congress|publisher=United States Congress}}</ref> and [[Eli Whitney]];<ref>{{Cite web|title=Eli Whitney papers, 1716–1959, bulk 1785–1881 – CAO: Powered by ArcLight at Western CT State University|url=https://archives.library.wcsu.edu/caoSearch/catalog/mssa-ms-0554|access-date=February 21, 2021|website=Connecticut Archives Online|publisher=[[Western Connecticut State University]]|archive-date=April 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421051818/https://archives.library.wcsu.edu/caoSearch/catalog/mssa-ms-0554|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] laureate [[John B. Goodenough]];<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gregg|first=Helen|date=December 3, 2019|title=From UChicago to Nobel: How John Goodenough sparked the wireless revolution|work=UChicago News|publisher=University of Chicago Office of Communications|url=https://news.uchicago.edu/story/how-john-goodenough-sparked-wireless-revolution|access-date=February 21, 2021}}</ref> lexicographer [[Noah Webster]];<ref>{{Cite news|date=October 2, 2008|title=Noah Webster Fêted for 250th Birthday|work=YaleNews|publisher=Yale University Office of Public Affairs & Communications|url=https://news.yale.edu/2008/10/02/noah-webster-f-ted-250th-birthday|access-date=February 21, 2021}}</ref> and theologians [[Jonathan Edwards (theologian)|Jonathan Edwards]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=History {{!}} Jonathan Edwards College|url=https://je.yalecollege.yale.edu/about-us/history|access-date=February 21, 2021|website=je.yalecollege.yale.edu|publisher=Yale University}}</ref> and [[Reinhold Niebuhr]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Niebuhr, Reinhold {{!}} The Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute|url=https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/niebuhr-reinhold|access-date=February 21, 2021|website=kinginstitute.stanford.edu|date=May 31, 2017|publisher=Stanford University}}</ref>

In the sporting arena, alumni include baseball players [[Ron Darling]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=July 15, 1984|title=An Uncommon Journey for Ron Darling|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/07/15/sports/an-uncommon-journey-for-ron-darling.html|access-date=February 22, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and [[Craig Breslow]] who in the major leagues played with fellow Yale alum [[Ryan Lavarnway]]<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Conn|first=Jordan|date=2011|title=Smart guy|url=https://yalealumnimagazine.com/articles/3259-smart-guy|magazine=[[Yale Alumni Magazine]]|volume=LXXV|issue=1|access-date=February 22, 2021}}</ref> and baseball executives [[Theo Epstein]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=May 21, 2017|title=Class Day speech by baseball's Theo Epstein|work=YaleNews|publisher=Yale Office of Public Affairs & Communications|url=https://news.yale.edu/2017/05/21/class-day-speech-baseballs-theo-epstein|access-date=February 22, 2021}}</ref> and [[George Weiss (baseball)|George Weiss]];<ref>{{Cite news|last=Durso|first=Joseph|date=August 14, 1972|title=George Weiss Dies at 78; Guided Yankees and Mets|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/08/14/archives/george-weiss-dies-at-78-guided-yankees-and-mets-george-weiss-who.html|access-date=February 22, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> football players [[Calvin Hill]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Guardado|first=Maria|date=March 1, 2012|title=Hill leaves legacy at Yale, in NFL|work=[[Yale Daily News]]|url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2012/03/01/hill-leaves-legacy-at-yale-in-nfl/|access-date=February 22, 2021}}</ref> [[Gary Fencik|Gary Fenick]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Larkin|first=Will|date=July 29, 2019|title=Ranking the 100 best Bears players ever: No. 39, Gary Fencik|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/bears/history/ct-spt-bears-best-players-gary-fencik-20190729-ndfnrdoa2vft3jaoc4q5tgvgdm-story.html|access-date=February 22, 2021}}</ref> [[Amos Alonzo Stagg]],<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Amos Alonzo Stagg – The University of Chicago Athletics Athletics|url=https://athletics.uchicago.edu/about/history/amos-alonzo-stagg|access-date=February 22, 2021|website=athletics.uchicago.edu|publisher=The University of Chicago|archive-date=February 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227213820/https://athletics.uchicago.edu/about/history/amos-alonzo-stagg|url-status=dead}}</ref> and "the Father of American Football" [[Walter Camp]];<ref>{{Cite web|title=Walter Camp (1951) – Hall of Fame – National Football Foundation|url=https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=2080|access-date=February 22, 2021|website=footballfoundation.org|publisher=National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame, Inc.}}</ref> ice hockey players [[Chris Higgins (ice hockey)|Chris Higgins]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Johnston|first=Patrick|date=July 30, 2019|title=Report: Canucks to add ex-player Chris Higgins in player development role|work=The Province |url=https://theprovince.com/sports/hockey/nhl/vancouver-canucks/report-canucks-to-add-ex-player-chris-higgins-in-player-development-role|access-date=February 22, 2021}}</ref> and Olympian [[Helen Resor (ice hockey)|Helen Resor]];<ref>{{Cite news|last=Baumann|first=Nick|date=February 20, 2006|title=Well-backed Resor strong in loss|work=[[Yale Daily News]]|publisher=Yale Daily News Publishing|url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2006/02/20/well-backed-resor-strong-in-loss/|access-date=February 22, 2021}}</ref> Olympic figure skating champions [[Sarah Hughes]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Yu|first=Zizi|date=October 12, 2012|title=Olympic skater returns to campus|work=[[Yale Daily News]]|publisher=Yale Daily News Publishing|url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2012/10/12/olympic-skater-returns-to-campus/|access-date=February 22, 2021}}</ref> and [[Nathan Chen]];<ref>{{Cite news|last=Crouse|first=Karen|date=March 17, 2019|title=Nathan Chen's Yale Juggling Act|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/17/sports/nathan-chen-yale.html|access-date=February 22, 2021|issn=1553-8095}}</ref> nine-time [[U.S. Squash]] men's champion [[Julian Illingworth]];<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Phillips|first=Stephen|date=2017|title=The Country's Most Illustrious Squash Player Lives in Portland|url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-city-life/2016/12/the-country-s-most-illustrious-squash-player-lives-in-portland|magazine=Portland Monthly|publisher=Sagacity Media|access-date=February 22, 2021}}</ref> Olympic swimmer [[Don Schollander]];<ref>{{Cite web|title=Don Schollander {{!}} Swimming {{!}} Olympic Hall of Fame|url=https://usopm.org/don-schollander/|access-date=February 22, 2021|website=usopm.org|date=July 21, 2019|publisher=U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum}}</ref> Olympic rowers [[Josh West]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=August 29, 2008|title=Two of the Six Yale Athletes in the Olympics Return Home With Medals|work=YaleNews|publisher=Yale Office of Public Affairs & Communications|url=https://news.yale.edu/2008/08/29/two-six-yale-athletes-olympics-return-home-medals|access-date=February 22, 2021}}</ref> and [[Rusty Wailes]];<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Mallory|first=Peter|date=2006|title=The '56 Olympians Look Back|url=http://archives.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/2006_09/sports.html|magazine=[[Yale Alumni Magazine]]|publisher=Yale Alumni Publications, Inc|volume=70|issue=1|access-date=February 22, 2021}}</ref> Olympic sailor [[Stuart McNay]];<ref>{{Cite news|last=Besemer|first=Ayla|date=April 21, 2016|title=SAILING: Yale's Olympic legacy continues|work=[[Yale Daily News]]|url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2016/04/21/sailing-yales-olympic-legacy-continues/|access-date=February 22, 2021}}</ref> Olympic runner [[Frank Shorter]];<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Fellman|first=Bruce|date=2017|title=Still in the running|url=https://yalealumnimagazine.com/articles/4514-frank-shorter|magazine=[[Yale Alumni Magazine]]|publisher=Yale Alumni Publications, Inc.|volume=LXXX|issue=6|access-date=February 22, 2021}}</ref> and others.

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File:George Peter Alexander Healy - John C. Calhoun - Google Art Project.jpg|7th Vice President of the United States [[John C. Calhoun]] (College, 1806)
File:Cabinet card of William Howard Taft by Pach Brothers - Cropped to image.jpg|27th President of the United States and Chief Justice [[William Howard Taft]] (BA, 1878)
File:Gerald Ford presidential portrait.jpg|38th President of the United States [[Gerald Ford]] (LLB, 1941)
File:George H. W. Bush presidential portrait (cropped).jpg|41st President of the United States [[George H. W. Bush]] (BA, 1948)
File:Bill Clinton.jpg|42nd President of the United States [[Bill Clinton]] (JD, 1973)
File:George-W-Bush.jpeg|43rd President of the United States [[George W. Bush]] (BA, 1968)
File:JD Vance Inaugural Portrait (cropped).png|50th Vice President of the United States [[JD Vance]] (JD, 2013)
File:Clarence Thomas official SCOTUS portrait.jpg|Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States [[Clarence Thomas]] (JD, 1974)
File:Samuel Alito official photo.jpg|Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States [[Samuel Alito]] (JD, 1975)
File:Sonia Sotomayor in SCOTUS robe.jpg|Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States [[Sonia Sotomayor]] (JD, 1979)
File:Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh Official Portrait (full length).jpg|Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States [[Brett Kavanaugh]] (BA, 1987; JD, 1990)
File:Hillary Clinton by Gage Skidmore 4 (cropped).jpg|67th United States Secretary of State and Former U.S. Senator of New York [[Hillary Clinton]] (JD, 1973)
File:Amy Klobuchar, official portrait, 113th Congress.jpg|Senator of Minnesota [[Amy Klobuchar]] (BA, 1982)
File:Governor Ned Lamont of Connecticut, official portrait.jpg|Governor of Connecticut [[Ned Lamont]] (MBA, 1980)
File:Ron DeSantis in October 2023.jpg|Governor of Florida [[Ron DeSantis]] (BA, 2001)
File:Lawrence Lessig May 2017.jpg|Harvard law professor [[Lawrence Lessig]] (JD, 1989)
File:Alan dershowitz 2009 retouched cropped.jpg|Former Harvard law professor [[Alan Dershowitz]] (LLB, 1962)
File:Henry Louis Gates, Jr (cropped).jpg|Literary critic and historian [[Henry Louis Gates Jr.]] (BA, 1973)
File:Paul Krugman-press conference Dec 07th, 2008-8.jpg|Economist and Nobel Prize laureate [[Paul Krugman]] (BA, 1974)
File:Jodie Foster talking to Kali Reis 2024 (cropped).png|Actress and filmmaker [[Jodie Foster]] (BA, 1985)
File:SXSW 2019 4 (47282558132) (cropped).jpg|Actress [[Lupita Nyong'o]] (MFA, 2012)
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