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Since its inauguration in 1952, the Yale Medal has been presented to all of the 246 individuals named here, each of whom not only showed extraordinary devotion to the ideals of the University, but were conspicuous in demonstrating their support of Yale through every conceivable form of volunteer activity. Available biographies of the medallists are included below.

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2000s

2000

Walter Bareiss '40S
William S. Beinecke '36, '79 LLDH
Henry Chauncey Jr. '57
Conner Fay '51
Charles Newton Schenck III '44

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2001

Robert Bradner '53
Judge Jean Caplan Fox '43 JD
Ed Migdalski
Thurston Twigg-Smith '42E
Irwin Miller '31, '59 MAH, '79 LHD

-bios-

2002

Malcolm K. Brachman '46
Walter H. Brown '45W
Richard Gilder '54
J. Robert Mann Jr. '51E
Ian Mininberg '34 MusB

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2003

Grant D. Esterling '51, '54 LLB
Joseph Carrere Fox '38
Rafael Porrata-Doria '77 JD
Donald F. Scharf '55
John B. Stevens '37

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2004

Robert Bonds '71
Mark R. Dollhopf '77
Christopher A. Forster '54
The Rev. Richard Mather Mapes '49, '52 DIV
David W. Wallace '48E

 

1990s

1990

Louis Cappiello
James E. Duffy III '51E
David E. Gile '44
Kathleen M. Howe '56 MPH
Lawrence M. Lipsher '62

1991

Richard Brown Baker '35
Edgar M. Cullman '40
Richard I. Galland '37, '40 JD
Alvin N. Puryear '60
The Rev. Richard R. Russell

1992

John W. Field '37
David A. Jones '60 JD
Monroe A. Jubitz '39
Fenmore R. Seton '38 and Phyllis Z. Seton
Joseph H. Williams '56

1993

Saundra T. Bialos '71 MSN
Helen M. Davie
J. Richardson Dilworth '38, '42 LLB
Joel E. Smilow '54
Charles L. Willoughby '43S

1994

Stanley E. Flink '45W
Fenno F. Heath '49 BA, '50 BA, '51 MusB, '52 MusM
Donald L. Medlock '47 BA, '50 JD
George H. Weiler, Jr. '38S

1995

Harvey M. Applebaum '59
S. Roger Horchow '50
Shirley and Howard R. Lamar '45 MA, '51 PhD
George S. Lockwood, Jr. '33
Clementine Miller Tangeman

1996

Charles S. Arms '37
William L. Kissick '53, '57 MD, '59 MPH, '61 PhD
William R. Lanman, Jr. '28S
Robert A. Lawrence '47
Edward M. Noyes II '40

1997

J. Weili Cheng '77
Gilbert H. Kinney '53
Vernon R. Loucks, Jr. '57
Alfred C. Mohr '26
Nelson W. Polsby '58 MA, '61 PhD

1998

G. D'Andelot Belin '39
Donald E. Cummings '46
Philip S.J. Moriarty '62, '64 MAT
Emerson Law Stone '48

1999

Lewis B. Cullman '41
Christopher Getman '64
John C. Kane, Jr. '67
Muriel D. Wolf '59 MD
Barney T. Young '55

1980s

1980

Rev. Donald E. Bitsberger '50
Lloyd N. Cutler '36, '39 LLB, '83 LLD
Marvin J. Deckoff '53
Stephen H. Hart '29
Winslow M. Lovejoy '25, '28 LLB

1981

Edgar M. Church '33, '37 LLB
Mary S. Griswold
Roger S. Lynch '19S
William H. Oler '45E
Russell B. Scobie '26S, '29 MD

1982

Cecil A. Alexander '40
Dana T. Bartholomew '28
Margaret S. Clement
Rollin G. Osterweis '30, '43 MA, '46 PhD
Robert I. Smith '52

1983

Mary S. Arnstein
Richard A. Huettner '49E
David S. Ingalls '20
Wilson Nolen '48
Neil Peck '62 LLB

1984

Mary Louise and Kingman Brewster '41, '60 MAH, '77 LLD
Larry A. Hart '36
Alexander P. Hixon '38
E.V. Huggins '29 PhB, '32 JD
Morgan K. Smith '34S

1985

Phillip S. Babb '35
John W. Blake
Dorothy J. Cunningham '66 PhD
William E.S. Griswold, Jr. '34
John Fleming Kelly '47, '50 LLB

1986

Anne M. Briscoe '49 PhD
Edwin J. Fischer '16S, '21 PhD
Frank W. Ford, Jr. '46E
George L. Pew, Jr. '58
Louis C. Sudler '25

1987

Clinton E. Frank '38
William Horowitz '29
Adrian C. Israel '36S
Armstead L. Robinson '68, '71 Div
William Rockefeller '40

1988

Henry P. Brightwell '35
Ying Kai-shi '32 MA
Paul C. Lambert, Esq. '50
Dorothy Miller
Ernest F. Stockwell, Jr. '45

1989

Polly S. Buck
Milton Harris '29 PhD
John J. Lee, Jr. '58E, '59 M Eng
Carl A. Morse '25S
Hoyt C. Pease '34S

1970s

1970

Seymour H. Knox '20
Robert H. Paul, Jr. '21
A. Varick Stout '26 PhB

1971

Bromwell Ault '22S
Gladden W. Baker '20 MA, '22 PhD
James M. McNulty
DeWitt Peterkin, Jr. '37

1972

Mrs. James Rowland Angell
Gaylord Donnelley '31, '74 LLD
Chester J. LaRoche '18S
George B. Young '34, '37 MA, '39 PhD

1973

Malcolm P. Aldrich '22
Charles H. Costello '30S
Martin Dwyer, Jr. '44
David C. Grimes '45W, '74 MAH

1974

Henry P. Becton '37S
Joseph F. Cullman III '35
Russell P. Duncan '40S, '46 LLB
Walter G. Rafferty '42

1975

Thomas G. Bergin '25, '29 PhD
Maury Hanson '30
George W. Pierson '26, '33 PhD
Donald A. Schmechel '40, '42 LLB
L. Homer Surbeck '27 JD

1976

Ruth L. Benedict '48 MN
Richard J. Eckart '25S
Daniel B. Hodgson '41
Reuben A. Holden '40, '48 MA, '51 PhD, '71 LHD
Frederick P. Rose '44E

1977

Melville Chapin '40
Ronald M. Crawford '15S
John M. Musser '30, '80 LLD
Andrew Y. Rogers '33, '37 LLB
George D. Vaill '35

1978

Endicott P. Davison '45, '71 MAH
Hanna Holborn Gray '71 MAH, '78 LLD
J. Callender Heminway '17
Charlotte Horton
Edward F. Swenson, Jr. '40

1979

Edgar J. Boell '46 MAH
Alison and Basil D. Henning '32, '37 PhD
Frederic W. Loeser '31 PhB
James A. Lynch '47
Walter J. McNerney '47E

1960s

1960

John Crosby '90
Sidney-Loveft '13, '32 MAH, '58 DD
Henry R. Luce '20, '26 MAH, '66 LLD
Henry K. Sherrill '11, '29 DD, '60 LLD

1961

Mabel B. Garvan
Robert J.H. Kiphuth '50 MAH
Dr. Herbert Thoms '10 MD
Carl Van Vechten

1962

Dean G. Acheson '15, '36 MAH, '62 LLD
Norman S. Buck '13, '22 PhD, '62 LLD
Grafton M. Peberdy
Theodore Sizer '31 MAH
G. Herbert Walker, Jr. '27, '54 MAH

1963

Philip W. Pillsbury '24
Edward R. Wardwell '27

1964

Clarke W. Costikyan '25
Curt vonFaber DuFaur '51 MAH
Julien A. Ripley '98, '01 MA
John M. Schiff '25

1965

Nellie P. Elliot
Otis L. Hubbard '24
Wilmarth S. Lewis '18, '37 MAH, '65 LLD
Milton Steinbach '24S
Frank B. Stubbs '20

1966

H. Frank Sozyan '20 MusB
Susan M. Hilles
John L. Koehne '17
Grover F. Powers, MD, '27 MAH
Edward J. Stackpole '15

1967

Allan W. Betts '31
Loomis Havemeyer '10S, '12 MA, '15 PhD
Henry W. Hobson '14, '37 DD
Floyd W. Jefferson '02
G. Patricia Tierney

1968

Vasa K. Bracher '03S
Edward S. Noyes '13, '20 MA, '24 PhD
Robert U. Redpath, Jr. '28
Edward C. Roberts

1969

Howard Gambrill, Jr. '29S
Boyd M. Smith '27 CDR, '38 MAH
Juan T. Trippe '20S, '37 MAH

1950s

1952

Hugh P. Brady '14
George P. Day '97, '10 MAH
John B. Dempsey '11, '15 MA
Burnett Goodwin '99S
Dr. James C. Greenway '00, '16 MAH
Gilbert Kinney '05
Mrs. Paul Moore
Louis M. Rabinowitz
Lucius F. Robinson Jr. '18, '53 MAH
Charles Seymour '08, '11 PhD, '50 LLD
The Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes '96, '00 MAH, '21 LLD
Herbert F. Sturdy '24, '27 LLB, '59 MAH
Hon. Thomas W. Swan '00, '16 MAH, '47 LLD
Walker Van Riper '09
Dr. Milton C. Winternitz '17 MAH, '52 LLD

1953

Edwin J. Beinecke '07
Edwin F. Blair '24, '28 LLB, '46 MAH
Annie W. Goodrich '23 MAH
Paul Mellon '29, '67 LHD
Clarence Mendell '04, '05 MA, '10 PhD, '53 LLD

1954

Frank Altschul '08, '67 LLD
Reginald G. Coombe '18
Edward S. Greene '00, '25 MAH
Eugene Meyer '95, '32 LLD
John Hay Whitney '26, '56 MAH

1955

Marshall M. Bartholomew '07, '53 MAH
William R. Coe '49 MAH
William B. Greeley '04 MF, '27 MAH
Chauncey Brewster Tinker '99, '01 MA, '02 PhD, '46 LHD

1956

H. Augustine Farr '96, '02 MA, '04 PhD
Irving S. Olds '07, '48 MAH, '56 LLD
Frederick H. Wiggin '04, '09 LLB

1957

George H. Barnes '20
Sargent Shriver '38, '41 LLB, '64 LLD

1958

Hendon Chubb '95S
Edgar S. Furniss '18 PhD, '58 LLD

1959

Frederick W. Beinecke '09S
Albert B. Crawford '13, '25 MA, '28 PhD
Frank O.H. Williams '22S, '62 LL