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Through hard work, forceful advocacy and an impressive grasp of the issues, you earned the respect of your colleagues in the Senate and the admiration of your constituents
Clinton to receive honorary Yale degree May 25, 2009
We have a long queue of highly qualified applicants who collectively would allow Yale to make an even greater contribution to society if more could be educated here
Yale to expand enrollment by 15 percent Jun 08, 2008
You have pushed the boundaries of the familiar to create new classics
Yale awards McCartney an honorary degree May 27, 2008
This agreement ensures the expanded accessibility of these Machu Picchu collections for research and public appreciation in their natural context
Yale to return Inca artifacts to Peru Feb 12, 2011
Regardless of the outcome of the current investigation, we must get all our processes right and make sure that we are good stewards of the funds entrusted to us by the federal government
Feds look at Yale's use of research grants Jul 05, 2006
Richard Charles Levin (born April 7, 1947) is a professor and American economist who has served as president of Yale University since 1993. He is currently the longest-tenured Ivy League president. Levin has been rumored as a possible replacement for Larry Summers as Director of the White House National Economic Council.
Born in San Francisco, California, to Jewish-American parents, Levin graduated from Lowell High School in San Francisco in 1964. At Lowell, he was a member of the Lowell Forensic Society and debated in high school debate tournaments regionally. He graduated from Stanford University in 1968 with a B.A. in history. He received a Bachelor of Letters in politics and philosophy from Merton College,Oxford. He earned his Ph.D. in economics from Yale in 1974. His academic specialties include industrial research and development, intellectual property, and productivity in manufacturing.
Levin became an Assistant Professor of Economics at Yale in 1974 and was elevated to Associate Professor in 1979. In 1982, he was promoted to Professor of Economics and Management at the Yale School of Management. In 1992, he was appointed Frederick William Beinecke Professor of Economics. Before becoming president, he served as chairman of the Economics Department and dean of Yale's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.