Yale University in the Interwar Period
The atlas holds 5 people and 7 moments here, from 1918 to 1938. The most recorded lives are Gerald Ford, Lars Onsager and John F. Kennedy.
Notable people
Gerald Ford
from 1935 to 1938
2 moments here
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.) was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 after having served as…
John F. Kennedy
in 1931
1 moment here
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…
Lars Onsager
from 1933 to 1934
2 moments here
Norwegian-American physical chemist and theoretical physicist whose career took him from Norway and Switzerland to major American universities.…
Marie Curie
in 1921
1 moment here
Polish-born, naturalized-French physicist and chemist who pioneered research on radioactivity. With Pierre Curie she discovered polonium and radium.…
William Faulkner
in 1918
1 moment here
American novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate whose work was closely associated with Oxford and north Mississippi.…
Moments
- 1918 Living at Yale with Phil Stone William Faulkner
- 1921 Visits Yale University Marie Curie
- 1931 Entered Choate John F. Kennedy
- 1933 Sterling and Gibbs Fellow at Yale Lars Onsager
- 1934 Family home in New Haven Lars Onsager
- 1935 Yale coaching appointment Gerald Ford
- 1938 Yale Law School admission Gerald Ford