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Yale University,Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut, and a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States.,Incorporated as the Collegiate School, the institution traces its roots to 17th-century clergymen who sought to establish a college to train clergy and political leaders for the colony. In 1718, the College was renamed Yale College to honor a gift from Elihu Yale, a governor of the British East India Company. Yale and Harvard have been rivals in academics, athletics, and other activities for most of their history, competing annually in The Game and the Harvard-Yale Regatta.,Lux et Veritas（拉丁文，意为“光明和真理”）,Yale has produced many notable alumni, including five U.S. presidents, seventeen U.S. Supreme Court Justices, and several foreign heads of state.,LETS LOOK SOMETHING ABOUT THEM,Famous people in Yale,1.nobelprize winner,All of these followings are people who have won nobelprize,and they were all graduate from Yale university. 乔治阿克罗夫(George Akerlof), (2001年, 经济学家) 雷蒙德戴维斯（Raymond Davis）, (2002年, 物理学家) 约翰埃弗恩德斯（John F. Enders）, (1954年, 生理学家/医学家) 约翰芬博士（John Fenn Ph.D.), (2002年, 化学家) 默里盖尔曼-默里（Murray Gell-Mann）, (1969年, 物理学家) 阿尔佛雷德G吉尔曼（Alfred G. Gilman）, (1994年, 生理学家/医学家) etc,2、inventors and artists,詹天佑,“铁路工程师” ，在1881年毕业于Sheffield Scientific School，亦为京张铁路总工程师。 Zhan Tianyou (1861-1919), a national hero for his role in building Chinas railroad system, was born in 1861 in southern Chinas Guangdong Province and died in 1919. As the chief designer of the first railway project built by Chinese engineers, he was widely regarded as the father of Chinas railroad. He was intelligent and interested in machinery when he was a child. At the age of 12, Zhan went to US to study. In 1878, he was admitted to Yale University majoring in civil and railway engineering. As one of the earliest Chinese students studying abroad, he was the first Chinese that became a member of the American Engineers Association.,保罗D迈克尔德莱蒂（Paul D. MacCready）, “Engineer of the Century,“ won the Kremer Prize for first human- powered flying machine, pioneer in solar-powered flight Saunders MacLane, mathematician, one of the founders of “category theory“ Jordan Mechner, videogame developer, created Prince of Persia Stanley Milgram, psychologist, Milgram experiment, coined the concept “six degrees of separation“ 萨缪尔摩尔斯, 电报先驱, 摩尔斯电码发明人 John Ousterhout, 计算机编程语言Tcl的发明人 Ronald Rivest, 计算机科学家, RSA加密中的R即代表其人, 2002年 图灵奖获得者 Eli Whitney, 轧花机发明人,Other inventors and artists,3.These are entrepreneur & CEO graduate from Yale.,Robert M. Bass, (文学学士1971年) Keystone Inc.的董事长。 John Thomas Daniels，Archer Daniels Midland创办人。（本公司是农业产品加工和发酵科技的全球领先者） Robert Glaser, (B.A. & M.A.) RealNetworks的创办人与CEO。 Bing Gordon，美商艺电（EA）的创办人之一，担任执行副总裁、首席创意总监。 Roberto Goizueta，可口可乐的前CEO(艾文理大学的商学院是以其为名。) Charles B. Johnson，富兰克林坦伯顿投资公司的主席。 Mitch Kapor，Kapor Enterprises的出资者，Lotus Software的前创办人与CEO。 Herbert Kohler，Kohler Company的董事长与主席。 Clarence King，美国地质调查局的创建者之一。 Edward LampertESL Investments的创办人与主席。 John Franklyn Mars，Mars, Incorporated的CEO 罗伯摩斯，20世纪中期纽约市的建筑业大王。 Gifford Pinchot，United States Forest Service的创办人。 Robert Sargent Shriver III，巴尔的摩金莺队的拥有者之一。 Timothy Perry Shriver，特殊奥林匹克运动会的CEO。 Frederick W. Smith，联邦快递的创办人与CEO Harold Stanley，摩根士丹利的创办人 Richard Thalheimer，The Sharper Image的创办人与CEO。 胡安特里普，泛美航空的创办人与CEO Frederick E. Weyerhaeuser，Weyerhaeuser（纸张生产公司）创办人。,5.presidents and vice presidents,威廉霍华德塔夫脱, 美国总统 (1909年-1913年),美国最高法院首席大法官(1921年-1930年) 杰拉尔德福特 (法学院), 美国总统(1974年-1977年) 乔治HW布什, 美国总统(1989年-1993年) 比尔克林顿 (法学院), 美国总统 (1993年-2001年) 乔治W布什, 美国总统 (2001年至今) 理察切尼*, 美国副总统 (2001年至今) ,lets have a quick look at president Bush.,Besides Harvard,Yale is the university which has produced the second most presidents. Prisident Bush is one of them. George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. He was re-elected in 2004 .He formerly served as the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. A Republican, he belongs to one of the most politically influential American families, being the son of former President George H. W. Bush and elder brother of Jeb Bush, the former Governor of Florida.,6. history,humanities,famous people in art area.,Hiram Bingham，发现了位于秘鲁的马丘比丘。 哈罗德布鲁姆，美国文学评论家。 James Fenimore Cooper，最后的莫希干人（The Last of the Mohicans）作者。 查理斯艾伍士，古典音乐作曲家。 John Knowles，A Separate Peace的作者。 林璎，建筑师，越战纪念墙的设计者 Henry R. Luce，时代 (杂志)的创办人之一。 David McCullough，知名的历史学家，曾两度获得普利策奖，最知名的著作是关于美国总统生平的哈瑞S杜鲁门与约翰亚当斯。 Camille Paglia，文化评论家与女性主义学者。 Cole Porter，作曲家 埃罗沙里宁，建筑师 Garry Trudeau，创作Doonesbury的漫画家 诺亚韦伯斯特，韦氏英文字典的作者。 Thornton Wilder，剧作家，以剧本Our Town获得普立兹奖。 Naomi Wolf，女性主义作家 Tom Wolfe (PhD)，新闻记者。书籍The Right Stuff与The Bonfire of the Vanities的作者。,7.famous professors,哈罗德布鲁姆 (Ph.D. 1955年)，作家与评论家，书籍 “Genius“ 的作者。 Yung-Chi (Tommy) Cheng（郑永齐），药理学家，AIDS药品3TC的发明者，3TC一般人熟悉的名称是Epivir。 Paul Kennedy，历史学家。“The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers“ 的作者。 John Gaddis，历史学家，冷战的专家。 David Gelernter(1976年)，计算机科学家，Linda编程语言的创作人之一。 Paul Hudak，计算机科学家。他最知名的成就是Haskell编程语言。书籍 “The Haskell School of Expression“ 的作者。 曼德勃罗(Benoit Mandelbrot)，以碎形几何学闻名的数学家。 William Prusoff，药理学家。AIDS的药物d4T发明者。d4T一般人熟悉的名称是Zerit。 Robert Shiller，经济学家。书籍“Irrational Exuberance“的作者，以他发明的心理学理论而闻名。 史景迁（Jonathan Spence），历史学家与作者。中国历史权威。,Besides these,famous people from the TV and movies,acedemicare also from the Yale University.,library,Yales library is the biggest one in America and the second biggest in the world. It has a large amount of book collection, about 11 million books.,some pictures,Beinecke 古籍善本图书馆,康涅狄格楼 the oldest one,Movie time,“Broadway“ actually has three meanings: i. The first concept is a geographical concept that refers to an area within 12 blocks of 36 theaters near to Time Square. iiThe second meaning is the performances playing on Broadway. iii. The third notion is theatres industry in America, such industry also included in New York city, the main areas beyond the Broadway play performance mainly of these theatre.,BROADWAY,For the first coception: Broadway runs twenty-five kilometres length of Manhattan, being the only street almost running through the island from north to south, at Bowling Green. At present the “Broadway area “refers to four theatres ,Marquis、 Palace、 Winter Garden and Broadway along the Broadway avenue ,from Manhattan West 41st Street go north to West 53rd Street .But the forest of theaters around “Broadway area” also belongs to it.,For the second meaning: With the historical culture changing and evolving again ,Broadway also become a synonym for theatre and plays. The most famous plays are Cat, Beauty and Beast ,the Phantom of the Opera ,Lion King, Misrables Les ,Miss Siagon ,Titanic etc.,Dame Julie Andrews (lead lady): Sound of music Natasha Jane Richardson (lead lady): A Midsummer Nights Dream Andrew Lloyd Webber (the writer): Cat,For the third notion: For over 100 years, the Broadway theatre district in New York City has been the center of the live entertainment industry in the United States and across the Western World. Broadway has become a global brand name, signifying the pinnacle of live entertainment. Prospective shows, and the producers, actors, technical and creative talent that make them work, travel from across the world to New York City in the hopes of becoming one of the very few that succeed each year on Broadway.,Broadway People use this word to refer to the essence of American drama .As an actor real sign of success. Everyday it attracts thousands of people from all over the world, laughter, tears, pride, decadent here can be seen everywhere. You may overnight, also may have also has “millionaire“ has become a “poor“.,Thank you,
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