EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Part of Yale University.

Location:
New Haven, CT

Founding Date:
1822

Official Website:
http://www.yale.edu/divinity/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Bob Abernethy	Journalist	5-Nov-1927		Former NBC News correspondent
William Sloane Coffin	Activist	1-Jun-1924	12-Apr-2006	Civilly disobedient chaplain
Chris Coons	Politician	9-Sep-1963		US Senator from Delaware
John Danforth	Politician	5-Sep-1936		US Ambassador to the UN, 2004
James M. Hushagen	Attorney	1948		Eisenhower & Carlson
James T. Laney	Educator	24-Dec-1927		President of Emory University, 1977-93
William Lee Miller	Historian	21-Apr-1926	27-May-2012	Arguing About Slavery
Reinhold Niebuhr	Religion	21-Jun-1892	1-Jun-1971	Prominent historical/political theologian
John Humphrey Noyes	Religion	3-Sep-1811	13-Apr-1886	Oneida Community founder
John Silber	Educator	15-Aug-1926	27-Sep-2012	President of Boston University, 1971-96
Guy Vander Jagt	Politician	26-Aug-1931	22-Jun-2007	Congressman from Michigan, 1966-93

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Rebecca S. Chopp	Educator	c. 1952		President, Colgate University
Everett C. Parker	Activist	17-Jan-1913	17-Sep-2015	Civil rights advocate, UCC official
Cornel West	Activist	2-Jun-1953		Race Matters

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Rebecca S. Chopp	Educator	c. 1952		President, Colgate University
Timothy C. Collins	Business	c. 1956		Private equity, Ripplewood Holdings

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