Political Leaders in Yale University

The atlas holds 7 people and 7 moments here, from 1789 to 2010. The most recorded lives are George Washington, John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr..

Notable people

1. George Washington

   in 1789

   1 moment here

   George Washington was a Virginia surveyor, planter, military commander, revolutionary leader, constitutional statesman, and the first president of…

2. 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.…

3. Martin Luther King Jr.

   in 1959

   1 moment here

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

4. 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.…

5. 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…

6. Alexei Navalny

   in 2010

   1 moment here

   Russian opposition leader, anti-corruption activist, politician, and political prisoner. This chronology records supported locations of his birth,…

7. Wangarĩ Maathai

   in 2002

   1 moment here

   Kenyan environmentalist, democracy activist, academic, founder of the Green Belt Movement, parliamentarian, and the first African woman awarded the…

Moments

1. 1789 Attends worship in New Haven George Washington
2. 1931 Entered Choate John F. Kennedy
3. 1948 Yale graduation George H. W. Bush
4. 1958 Visiting lecturer at Yale Harry S. Truman
5. 1959 Speaks at Yale's Woolsey Hall Martin Luther King Jr.
6. 2002 McCluskey Fellowship at Yale Wangarĩ Maathai
7. 2010 Yale World Fellows program Alexei Navalny

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