- John Adams
John Adams (September 18, 1772-April 24, 1863) was an American educator noted for organizing several hundred Sunday schools. He was born in Canterbury, Connecticut, 1772 to John Adams and Mary Parker Adams. He graduated from Yale University in 1795. In 1798, he married Elizabeth Ripley, with whom he had ten children. He taught at the Plainfield, New Jersey Academy from 1800-1803, when he took the post as principal of Bacon Academy in Colchester, Connecticut. - William Benton
William Burnett Benton was a U.S. senator from Connecticut (1949 - 1953) and publisher of the "Encyclopædia Britannica" (1943 - 1973). Benton was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was educated at Shattuck Military Academy, Faribault, Minnesota, and Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota until 1918, at which point he matriculated at Yale University, where he was admitted to the Zeta Psi fraternity. - Susan Bysiewicz
Susan Bysiewicz (born 1961) is a Democratic politician, who currently serves as Secretary of the State of the U.S. State of Connecticut. She was first elected to the Secretary of State's office in 1998 and was re-elected in 2002 and 2006. She also was a candidate for the Democratic Nomination for Governor in 2006. However, in September 2005 she dropped out of the race for Governor. She instead chose to seek a third term as Secretary of the State, … - Lowell P. Weicker Jr.
Lowell Palmer Weicker, Jr. (born May 16, 1931) is an American politician who has served as a U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and Governor of Connecticut. Though a member of the Republican Party during his time in Congress, he later left the Republican Party and became one of the few independents to be elected as a state governor in the United States in recent years. Since his retirement from political office, he has moved more towards the Democratic Party. - Joel Barlow
Joel Barlow, American poet and politician, born in Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut. He briefly attended Dartmouth College before graduating from Yale University in 1778, where he was also a post-graduate student for two years. From September 1780 until the close of the revolutionary war was chaplain in a Massachusetts brigade. He then, in 1783, moved to Hartford, Connecticut, established there in July 1784 a weekly paper, the "American Mercury", … - Vincent Scully
Vincent Joseph Scully, Jr. (b.1920) is a Sterling Professor Emeritus of the History of Art in Architecture at Yale University, and the author of several books on the subject. Architect Philip Johnson once described Scully as the “the most influential architectural teacher ever.” Born and raised in New Haven, Connecticut, Scully attended Hillhouse High School. At the age of 16, he entered Yale University. He earned his BA degree from Yale in 1940, and his Ph.D in 1949. - Chester Bowles
Chester Bliss Bowles was a liberal Democratic American diplomat and politician from Connecticut. Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Bowles attended Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut, graduating in 1919, and the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in 1924. After working for a year as a reporter, … - Theodore Dwight
Theodore Dwight was an American lawyer and journalist. He was the brother of Timothy Dwight, president of Yale, and the grandson of Jonathan Edwards. He was a distinguished lawyer, a leader of the Federalist Party, and a member of Congress in 1806 – 1807, and was secretary of the Hartford Convention in 1814. His talent as a writer made him a brilliant editor at the Hartford "Mirror", the Albany "Daily Advertiser", … - Theodore Dwight
Theodore Dwight (3 March 1796-16 October 1866) was an American author, born in Hartford, Connecticut, the son of Theodore Dwight, (1764-1846). He graduated from Yale in 1814 and devoted himself to editorial work on various papers and magazines, besides taking an active interest in the work of Sunday schools. He died in Jersey City, N.J. - Noah Porter
Noah Porter (December 14, 1811 - March 14, 1892), American educationalist and philosophical writer, was born in Farmington, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale College in 1831, and was employed as a Congregational minister in Connecticut and Massachusetts, 1836 to 1846. He was elected professor of moral philosophy and metaphysics at Yale in 1846, and from 1871 to 1886 he was president of the college. - James Hillhouse
James Hillhouse (October 20, 1754-December 29, 1832) was an American lawyer, real estate developer, and politician from New Haven, Connecticut. He represented Connecticut in both the U.S. House and Senate. Hillhouse is responsible for much of the current look of New Haven, and was for many years the treasurer of Yale University. James was born in Montville, Connecticut, the son of William Hillhouse, and adopted by his childless uncle and aunt, … - William Adams
William Adams (January 25, 1807 - August 31, 1880) was a noted clergyman and academic. He was born to John Adams and Elizabeth Ripley Adams in Colchester, Connecticut in 1807. He graduated from Yale University in 1827, going on to Andover Theological Seminary, where he graduated in 1830. In 1831, he married Susan P. Magoun in 1831 and became the pastor of the Congregational Church in Brighton, Massachusetts. - William Huntington Russell
William Huntington Russell William Huntington Russell (12 August 1809, Middletown, Connecticut - 19 May 1885, New Haven, Connecticut) was co-founder of Skull and Bones along with Alphonso Taft. He was a descendant of the most noted New England families, including Pierpont, Hooker, Bingham, and Willet. William was a cadet at the United States Military Academy, where he was taught under strict military discipline. - Roger Sherman Baldwin
Roger Sherman Baldwin (January 4, 1793-February 19, 1863) was an American lawyer involved in the Amistad case, who later became governor of Connecticut. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut, entered Yale College at the age of fourteen, and graduated with high honors in 1811. After leaving Yale he studied law in his father's office in New Haven, and also in the Litchfield Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1814. - Chauncey Goodrich
Chauncey Goodrich (October 20, 1759-August 18, 1815) was an American lawyer and politician from Connecticut who represented that state in the United States Congress as both a senator and a representative. Goodrich was born in Durham, Connecticut, the son of Elizur Goodrich. He was graduated from Yale in 1776 and taught school afterward. From 1779 to 1781 he taught at Yale. After studying law, he was admitted to the Connecticut bar in 1781, practicing in Hartford. - Moses Cleaveland
Moses Cleaveland was a surveyor for the Connecticut Land Company. The city of Cleveland, Ohio, United States is named for him. He was born in Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut on January 29, 1754. In 1777, he graduated Yale where he studied law. He returned to his native town and began his own practice. In 1779, Moses Cleaveland was commissioned captain of a company of sappers and miners. - Gary Franks
Gary A. Franks was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut. Franks was born in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut. He received a B.A. from Yale University in 1975. He served as a member of the Waterbury, Connecticut board of aldermen from 1986 to 1990. Franks was an unsuccessful candidate for comptroller of Connecticut in 1986. - Raymond E. Baldwin
Raymond Earl Baldwin (August 31, 1893 - October 4, 1986) was a United States Senator and Governor of Connecticut. Born in Rye, New York, he moved to Middletown, Connecticut in 1903 and attended the public schools. He graduated from Wesleyan University in Middletown in 1916, and entered Yale University. However, upon the declaration of war, he enlisted in the United States Navy. He was assigned to officers' training school and was commissioned an ensign in February 1918, … - Simeon Baldwin
Simeon Baldwin (December 14, 1761-May 26, 1851). He was born in Norwich, Connecticut, removed to New Haven. Judge, US Congressman; Descended from John Baldwin who first settled in New Haven, CT in 1636; Studied with Rev. Joseph Huntington (Yale 1762); also later studied at the Master Tisdale's School in Lebanon, CT; He delivered the Latin oration in June, 1782, it is still preserved in the Yale University Library. Tutor, Yale College, 1783-86; admitted to New Haven Bar, … - Timothy Dwight IV
Timothy Dwight (May 14, 1752-January 11, 1817) was an American Congregationalist minister, theologian, educator, and author. He was the eighth president of Yale College, from 1795 to 1817. He matriculated at Yale College at age 13, and received honorary degrees from Princeton University in 1787 and Harvard University in 1810. He served as President of Yale College from 1795 to 1817. - Rebecca Miller
Rebecca Miller (born September 15, 1962 in Roxbury, Connecticut) is an American film director, screenwriter and actress, most known for her films "Personal Velocity: Three Portraits", "The Ballad of Jack and Rose" and "Angela", all of which she wrote and directed. She was born Rebecca Augusta Miller in 1962, the daughter of playwright Arthur Miller and Austrian photographer Inge Morath. - Wilbur Lucius Cross
Wilbur Lucius Cross, Ph. D. (April 10 1862 - October 5 1948) was an American educator and political figure. Born in 1862 in Mansfield, Connecticut, he was a well-known literary critic and the Democratic Governor of Connecticut from 1931 to 1939. Cross was Professor of English at Yale University and was also Dean of the Yale Graduate School. He was also principal of Staples High School in Westport, Connecticut for a short time around 1885. - Stewart McKinney
Stewart Brett McKinney was an American politician who represented the fourth congressional district of Connecticut in the House of Representatives from 1971 until his death. McKinney was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but by the time he graduated high school, his family was living in Connecticut, where he would live for the rest of his life. After attending Princeton University from 1949 to 1951, he dropped out and enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, … - Elizur Goodrich
Elizur Goodrich (March 24, 1761-November 1, 1849) was an American lawyer and politician from Connecticut. Born in Durham, Connecticut, he was the son of Elizur Goodrich. He graduated from Yale in 1779 and studied law. After his admission to the bar in 1783, he practiced in New Haven. He served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1795 to 1802 and was its clerk for six sessions and its speaker in two. In 1796, he was a Federalist elector for President. - Joseph Trumbull
Joseph Trumbull (December 7, 1782-August 4, 1861) was a U.S. lawyer, banker, and politician from Connecticut. He represented Connecticut in the U.S. Congress and served as Governor. Joseph was born to David Trumbull in Lebanon, Connecticut, and was the grandson of Jonathan Trumbull. He graduated from Yale in 1801, after which he read for the law. He was admitted to the bar in 1803 and established his practice at Hartford. - John A. Danaher
John Anthony Danaher (January 9 1899 - September 22 1990) was a United States Senator from Connecticut. Born in Meriden, Connecticut, he attended the local schools and during the First World War served in the Student's Army Training Corps at Yale University and in the Officers' Reserve Corps. He graduated from Yale University in 1920, studied law at Yale Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1922 and commenced practice in Hartford, Connecticut. - Elizabeth Kostova
Elizabeth Johnson Kostova (born December 26, 1964) is an American author. Elizabeth Johnson was born in New London, Connecticut and is a graduate of Yale University. She holds an MFA from the University of Michigan, where she won the Hopwood Award for the Novel-in-Progress. Her first novel, "The Historian", was published in 2005, and it has become a best-seller. - Paul MacCready
Paul B. MacCready, Jr. (born September 25, 1925 in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American aeronautical engineer. He is the founder of AeroVironment and the inventor of the first practical flying machine powered by a human being. MacCready graduated from Hopkins School in 1943, received his bachelor's degree in physics from Yale University in 1947, a master's degree in physics from Caltech in 1948, and a PhD in aeronautics from Caltech in 1952. - Timothy Pitkin
Timothy Pitkin (Farmington, CT, January 21, 1766 - New Haven, CT, December 18, 1847) was an American lawyer, politician, and historian. He graduated from Yale in 1785, taught in the academy at Plainfield, Connecticut for a year, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1788. He served in the State Legislature of Connecticut in 1790, 1792, and 1794‑1805, serving as Clerk of the House 1800‑1802 and as Speaker 1803‑1805. - John Cotton Smith
John Cotton Smith (February 12, 1765 - December 7, 1845) was a governor of Connecticut. He was a Federalist, serving as Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1800, 1806-1807, 1807-1809), as a Congressman for Connecticut from 1800-1806, Lt. Governor (1811-1812), and finally as the last Federalist Governor of Connecticut from 1812 to 1817. He was born and died in Sharon, Connecticut. John Cotton Smith's father was Cotton Mather Smith, … - Frederic C. Walcott
Frederic Collin Walcott (February 19, 1869 - April 27, 1949) was a United States Senator from Connecticut. Born in New York Mills, Oneida County, New York, he attended the public schools of Utica, New York and graduated from Lawrenceville School (New Jersey) in 1886, from Phillips Academy (Andover, Massachusetts) in 1887 and from Yale University in 1891. He moved to New York City in 1907 and engaged in the manufacture of cotton cloth and banking; he moved to Norfolk, … - Howell Cheney
Howell Cheney (1 January 1870, Hartford, Connecticut - 20 August 1957) was a member of the Cheney manufacturing dynasty. The Cheneys had long been the first family of South Manchester. He was graduated from Yale University in 1892 with an AB and again in 1898 with a MA. He was a member of Psi Upsilon and Skull and Bones. In 1893, he entered the family silk manufacturing firm, Cheney Brothers He would remain with this firm until 1935, … - Jonathan Sturges
Jonathan Sturges (August 23, 1740- October 4, 1819) was an American lawyer and jurist from Fairfield, Connecticut. He represented Connecticut as a delegate to the Continental Congress and in the United States House of Representatives. Jonathan was born in Fairfield where his father, Samuel (1712-1771) was a surveyor. His mother, Ann (Burr) Sturges was Samuel's second wife. - J. Joseph Smith
John Joseph Smith (January 25, 1904 - February 16, 1980) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut. Born in Waterbury, Connecticut, Smith attended the public schools. B.A., Yale University, 1925. Law department of the same university, LL.B., 1927. Research fellow, Yale Law School from 1927 to 1928. He was admitted to the bar in 1927 and commenced practice in Waterbury, Connecticut. He served in the Field Artillery Reserves 1925-1935. - John Q. Tilson
John Quillin Tilson (April 5, 1866-August 14, 1958) was a Republican politician in the United States, on both state and national levels, and a lawyer. Tilson was born in Clearbranch, Tennessee, on April 5 1866. He attended both public and private schools in nearby Flag Pond and later at Mars Hill, North Carolina. He went to college at Carson-Newman College, in Jefferson City, Tennessee, where he graduated in 1888. - Dwight Loomis
Dwight Loomis (July 27, 1821 - September 17, 1903) was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Columbia, Connecticut where he attended the common schools. He also attended the academies in Monson, Massachusetts and Amherst, Massachusetts. He taught school and was also graduated from the law department of Yale University in 1847. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice at Rockville, Connecticut. - Moses Stuart
Moses Stuart (March 26, 1780 - January 4, 1852), an American biblical scholar, was born in Wilton, Connecticut. He was reared on a farm graduating with highest honours at Yale in 1799; in 1802 he was admitted to the Connecticut bar and was appointed as a tutor at Yale, where he remained for two years. In 1806 Stuart became the pastor of the Centre (Congregational) Church of New Haven, … - Donald J. Irwin
Donald Jay Irwin (born September 7, 1926) is a U.S. Representative from Connecticut. Born of American parents in Argentina, Irwin came to the United States in 1945 to attend Yale University. He entered the United States Army and served with the Joint Brazil-United States Military Commission in Rio de Janeiro. He reentered Yale University and graduated in 1951 and also from Yale Law School in 1954. He was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in Connecticut. - Horace Seely-Brown Jr.
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. was a US Representative from Connecticut. Seely-Brown was born in Kensington, Maryland. He attended the public schools of Hoosick, New York and graduated from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York in 1929. He was a student at Yale University in 1929 and 1930. Hew was a school teacher in Hoosick, N.Y. from 1930 to 1932 and in New Lebanon, New York, from 1932 to 1934. - Jennifer Westfeldt
Jennifer Westfeldt (born February 2 1970) is an American actress and writer. She is known for co-writing (with Heather Juergensen) and starring in the hit independent film "Kissing Jessica Stein". She starred in the 2004 Broadway revival of "Wonderful Town". She continues to write scripts and star in television series and films. Westfeldt can be seen on the ABC-TV show "Notes from the Underbelly".
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