List of Yale University people explained

Yalies are persons affiliated with Yale University, commonly including alumni, current and former faculty members, students, and others. Here follows a list of notable Yalies.

Alumni

See main article: category.

For a list of notable alumni of Yale Law School, see List of Yale Law School alumni.

Prize recipients

Nobel laureates

See main article: List of Nobel laureates affiliated with Yale University.

Abel laureates

• John G. Thompson (B.A. 1955), 2008^[1]

Law and politics

Supreme Court justices

Information can be verified through the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges.^[2]

U.S. Senators

Information can be verified at the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress.^[3]

Governors, mayors, other city and state officials

Alumni who have served as governors may also have served in other government capacities, such as president or senator. In such cases, the names are left un-linked, but are annotated with a "See also:" which links to the section on this page where a more detailed entry can be found.

Cabinet members, chairpersons/administrators and advisers

The following have worked within the cabinet for their respective governments.

Other

• Matthew Adler (B.A. 1984 and J.D. 1991), law professor
• Algernon Sydney Biddle (1847–1891), lawyer and law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
• Moses Cleaveland (B.A. 1777), founder of Cleveland, Ohio
• Manasseh Cutler (B.A. 1765), co-author of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, member of the Ohio Company of Associates (the first non-Native American settlement in Ohio), Federalist congressman from Massachusetts (1801–1805)
• John Hart Ely (J.D. 1963), legal scholar
• James Gadsden (B.A. 1806), namesake of the Gadsden Purchase, in which the United States purchased from Mexico the land that became parts of Arizona and New Mexico
• Quintin Johnstone (J.S.D. 1951), legal scholar
• Clarence King (Ph.D. 1862), founder of the U.S. Geological Survey
• James Wadsworth (1787), founder of Geneseo, New York, and leading pioneer and community leader of the Genesee Valley
• Amy Wax (B.S. 1975), Robert Mundheim Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School

Faculty

See main article: category. Professors who are also Yale alumni are listed in italics.

Technologists

• Adriene Nazaretian Radcliffe, Founder of Women in Information Technology at Yale (WIT)

Others

Social sciences

Heads of Collegiate School, Yale College, and Yale University

	Rectors of Yale College	Birth–death	Years as rector
1		1641–1707	1701–07 Collegiate School
2		1656–1738	1707–19 (pro tempore)
3		1684–1765	1719–26; 1718/9: renamed Yale College
4		1694–1755	1726–39
5		1703–1767	1740–45

	Presidents of Yale College	Birth–death	Years as president
5		1703–1767	1745–66
6		1727–1780	1766–77 (pro tempore)
7		1727–1795	1778–95
8		1752–181	1795–1817
9		1773–1867	1817–46
10		1801–1899	1846–71
11		1811–1892	1871–86
12		1828–1916	1886–99; 1887: renamed Yale University
13		1856–1930	1899–1921
14		1869–1949	1921–37
15		1885–1963	1937–51
16		1906–1963	1951–63
17		1919–1988	1963–77
18		1930–	1977–78 (acting)
19		1938–1989	1978–86
20		1942–	1986–92
21		1923–	1992–93 (acting)
22		1947–	1993–2013
23		1958–	2013–

See also

• Yale Corporation – including a list of corporation members

Notes and References

1. Web site: March 27, 2008. Thompson and Tits Receive 2008 Abel Prize. November 24, 2023 . American Mathematical Society.
2. Web site: Biographical Directory of Federal Judges . 2006-08-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060615193127/http://air.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf . 2006-06-15 . dead .
3. Web site: Bioguide Search. bioguide.congress.gov.