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2000 Yale Medal Recipients

 

Walter Bareiss '40S

Walter Bareiss's service to Yale, and especially to the University's Art Gallery, spans six decades. He has served on the Art Gallery's Governing Board for 50 years and as chair from 1987-1995. In addition to his role as advisor and his countless hours of volunteer service, he has endowed a museum curatorship, given major gifts of art from his own extensive collection, established the Patrons program for ongoing support of the Art Gallery, and participated directly in many other aspects of the Gallery's operations. He has also been a faithful member of the Class of 1940's reunion committees and has personally led the class's reunion gift committee.


William S. Beinecke '36, '79 LLDH

William Beinecke has a particularly distinguished career of service to the University. His extraordinary generosity with time, guidance, and resources has touched innumerable institutions of the University, among them the Sterling Memorial Library, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, the Yale School of Management, and the Yale Golf Course. In addition to his active term of service as a trustee of the Yale Corporation from 1971 through 1982, he has been an effective development volunteer and chaired the Class of 1936's most recent reunion.

Henry Chauncey Jr. '57

Before his retirement in 1981, Sam Chauncey had served Yale for 25 years, as dean of students, director of admissions and financial aid, and secretary of the University. Since his retirement from Yale, he has pursued a course of service to Yale that ranks him among the most devoted of alumni volunteers. His work on the Science Park project and his efforts to attract biotechnology companies to New Haven have brought substantial benefits to city and University. Responding to a critical need, he personally led the way to a reinvigoration of the master's program for hospital administration at the School of Epidemiology and Public Health. He has most recently served on the advisory council of the University's department of psychiatry, and has led the campaign for the rebuilding of the Yale squash courts.

Conner Fay '51

An energetic leader of his class's reunion gift efforts, Conner Fay turned his analytic skills to increasing the effectiveness of other class agents. He devoted much of his time during 1993 and 1994 to reorganizing the Yale Alumni Fund volunteer structure and its methodology, including the establishment of the Nathan Hale Associates. He has served the Fund with distinction as vice chair and chair, taking participation to record levels. A Whiffenpoof of 1951, he has also continued to support Yale's tradition of musical fellowship at the group's regular reunions.

Charles Newton Schenck III '44

Newt Schenck has devoted his career since graduation to serving Yale by enhancing the quality of life in New Haven. He has consistently rendered crucial service to both New Haven and to Yale by building support from New Haven's business and professional community for initiatives important to the University. In addition to founding the Long Wharf Theater and developing the arts district along Audubon Street, he has served as chair of the city's School Board and a proprietor of the New Haven Green. Finally, he has been a devoted class agent for the Alumni Fund and served on his class reunion committees.