William Mulrow and Other Yale Alumni Help Keep Historic University Thriving

The history of Yale University dates back to its founding in 1701 in what was then the colony of Connecticut. Yale ranks as the third-oldest college or university in the United States behind the College of William & Mary (founded in 1693) and Harvard University (founded in 1636). The founding of Yale University predates the U.S. Constitution by 86 years and Connecticut statehood by 88 years.

Well-known alumni include former modern-day presidents Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. Journalist, author and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Bob Woodward received his degree from Yale along with such other successes in their chosen professions, including actors Meryl Streep, Paul Newman and Jodie Foster; film directors Roy Hill and Elia Kazan; and executive and former Vice Chairman of the New York State Democratic Party, William Mulrow.

The school began as Yale College in New Haven, Connecticut, and rapidly grew and expanded into a university with the addition of professional and graduate schools. The school of medicine was the first professional school added in 1810. This was followed by the divinity school in 1822, the law school in 1824 and other programs added through 1974, when the School of Management was established.

Yale underwent a dramatic change in the 1930s when it adopted a system dividing the student population into twelve separate colleges housing up of 450 undergraduate students each. The system was patterned after Oxford and Cambridge universities in England. The students in each college live in a small community surrounding a courtyard where they attend classes and pursue extracurricular activities in a setting designed to build a sense of community among the students and faculty. Students, such as William Mulrow, appreciate having the resources of a large university but with the intimate environment of a small college.

As a member of the prestigious Ivy League, the admissions process to become one of the 11,000 students enrolled at the university is highly competitive. The undergraduate rate of acceptance was only 6.8 percent in 2012. The current student population includes representatives from each of the 50 states and 108 nations. Students like William Mulrow know that acceptance to Yale offers them the opportunity to be taught by 3,200 faculty members who are recognized as authorities in their particular academic fields.

The Yale University campus encompasses 310 acres and 260 buildings from downtown New Haven, where the nursing school is located, to tree-lined residential neighborhoods.

The buildings represent over three hundred years of architectural styles and designs from colonial New England and high Victorian gothic to contemporary.

The university acquired 136 acres west of the main campus in 2007. The newly acquired space offers office and research facilities that are used in conjunction with the school’s medical and research programs. The Yale athletic programs that are popular with students and alumni like William Mulrow are housed on 600 acres of athletic fields and nature preserves.

The support of its 168,987 living alumni like William Mulrow help make Yale University one of the leading research universities in the United States and the world.

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