Yale University in the Cold War

The atlas holds 9 people and 11 moments here, from 1948 to 1989. The most recorded lives are Max Theiler, Colleen McCullough and Martin Luther King Jr..

Notable people

1. Colleen McCullough

   from 1967 to 1974

   2 moments here

   Australian novelist and neurophysiologist best known for The Thorn Birds. Born in Wellington, New South Wales, she worked in Sydney, London, and New…

2. George H. W. Bush

   in 1948

   1 moment here

   George Herbert Walker Bush was an American naval aviator, oil executive, congressman, diplomat, director of central intelligence, vice president, and…

3. Harry S. Truman

   in 1958

   1 moment here

   Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.…

4. Jim Morrison

   in 1967

   1 moment here

   James Douglas “Jim” Morrison was an American singer, songwriter, poet, and lead vocalist of the Doors.…

5. Jorge Luis Borges

   in 1971

   1 moment here

   Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…

6. Macfarlane Burnet

   in 1952

   1 moment here

   Australian virologist and immunologist Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, known as Macfarlane Burnet, shared the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…

7. Martin Luther King Jr.

   in 1959

   1 moment here

   American Baptist minister and civil-rights leader who advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest.…

8. Max Theiler

   from 1964 to 1972

   2 moments here

   South African-American virologist and physician whose work at Harvard, the Rockefeller Foundation, and Yale contributed to the development of the 17D…

9. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

   in 1989

   1 moment here

   Kenyan novelist, playwright, essayist, language advocate, and academic. Ngũgĩ’s life moved from colonial Kenya through education in Uganda and…

Moments

1. 1948 Yale graduation George H. W. Bush
2. 1952 Woodward Lecture at Yale Macfarlane Burnet
3. 1958 Visiting lecturer at Yale Harry S. Truman
4. 1959 Speaks at Yale's Woolsey Hall Martin Luther King Jr.
5. 1964 Yale professorship in New Haven Max Theiler
6. 1967 Research post at Yale Medical School Colleen McCullough
7. 1967 Onstage arrest in New Haven Jim Morrison
8. 1971 Encuentro at Yale Jorge Luis Borges
9. 1972 Death in New Haven Max Theiler
10. 1974 Writing Tim at Yale Colleen McCullough
11. 1989 Visiting professor at Yale Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

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