Wolf's Head is a senior secret society at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. The society is one of the reputed "Big Three" societies at Yale, along with Skull and Bones and Scroll and Key.[1] It was establihsed in 1883.[2] Originally an all-male organization, women have been tapped for membership since the spring of 1992.[3] Active undergraduate members consist of sixteen seniors, selected annually in their junior year.
Following is a list of some of the notable members of Wolf's Head.
Academia
edit- Paul Butler, (1982), law professor of Georgetown University Law Center
- Sam Chauncey (1957), administrator at Yale University[4]
- Richard Gilder (1954), co-founder of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History[5]
- A. Whitney Griswold (1929), 16th President of Yale University[6]
- Ashbel Green Gulliver (1919), dean of Yale Law School[7]
- Robert Maynard Hutchins (1921), president of the University of Chicago[8]
- William Woolsey Johnson, mathematician and professor at the United States Naval Academy [9]
- Rashid Khalidi (1970), Professor Emeritus of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University[10]
- Felix Matos Rodriguez (1984), Chancellor of the City University of New York
- Clark Blanchard Millikan (1924), professor of aeronautics at the California Institute of Technology [11][12]
- Benno C. Schmidt, Jr., 20th President of Yale University[13]
- Kurt Schmoke (1971), President of the University of Baltimore and mayor of Baltimore[14]
- Arthur Williams Wright (1859), physicist at Yale University
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Art and architecture
edit- Jonathan Foote (1958), architect whose work is associated with the preservation movement in the U.S.
- Paul Goldberger (1972), architecture critic[10]
- Sam Wagstaff, art curator and collector[15]
- George Alexis Weymouth (1958), painter and conservationist
Business
edit- Scott Bessent (1984) Investor and hedge fund manager[16]
- Alexander Smith Cochran (1896), manufacturer and philanthropist[17]
- William Clay Ford (1949), owner of the Detroit Lions of the National Football League[18]
- Anson Goodyear (1899), manufacturer, businessman, and first President of Museum of Modern Art[19]
- Charles W. Harkness (1883), director of Standard Oil; the Southern Pacific Railway Company; the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway; and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad[20]
- Edward Harkness (1896), philanthropist and major benefactor to Yale University[21]
- William L. Harkness, businessman and philanthropist
- Lewis Lehrman, former Rite Aid president, investment banker, and founded the Lehrman Institute[22]
- Roger Milliken (1937), president and CEO of Milliken & Company,[23]
- Paul Moore Sr. (1908), founder of Republic Aviation[24]
- Philip W. Pillsbury (1924), Chair of Pillsbury Company[11][25]
- Tom Steyer (1979), founder and former co-senior-managing-partner of Farallon Capital[26]
- William Earl Dodge Stokes, businessman with Phelps, Dodge & Company and real estate developer of New York City's Upper West Side.[27]
- William Wrigley III (1954), president of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
Entertainment
edit- Chipo Chung (2000), Zimbabwean actress
- Charles Ives (1898), modernist composer[28]
- Christopher Lydon, media personality and commentator[10]
- Douglas Moore (1915), composer[29]
- Lila Neugabauer ( 2007), theater and film director
- Clarissa Ward (2002), Emmy Award-winning television news correspondant
- Douglas Wick (1976), Academy Award-winning film producer
Law
edit- Rob Bonta (1994), Attorney General of California
- David J. Brewer, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States[30]
- John Proctor Clarke, Justice of the New York Supreme Court[31]
- Robert B. Fiske (1952), an attorney with Davis Polk & Wardwell and United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York[32]
- Wayne MacVeagh, 36th Attorney General of the United States, United States Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, and United States Ambassador to Italy [33]
- Edward John Phelps, Envoy to Court of St. James's, lawyer, and founder of the American Bar Association
Literature and journalism
edit- Leigh Bardugo (1997), Israeli–American fantasy author[34]
- Charles L. Bartlett, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
- Stephen Vincent Benét (1919), Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, short story writer, and novelist[7]
- Clarence Winthrop Bowen (1883), author of historical essays[35]
- Edwin S. Grosvenor (1973), President and editor-in-chief of American Heritage
- William Matthews (1965), poet, winner of the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
- Edmund Clarence Stedman, poet, critic, and essayist[9]
- Doug Wright (1985), Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and screenwriter[36]
Politics
edit- Malcolm Baldrige Jr., former United States Secretary of Commerce[37]
- Erastus Corning 2nd (1932), Mayor of Albany, New York, New York Senate, and New York State Assembly[38]
- Parker Corning (1895), United States House of Representatives[39]
- Mark Dayton (1978), Governor of Minnesota, United States Senator, and Auditor of Minnesota
- Douglas MacArthur II (1932), United States ambassador to Japan, Belgium, Austria, and Iran; Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs[40]
- Wayne MacVeagh, 36th Attorney General of the United States, United States Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, and United States Ambassador to Italy [33]
- Edwin Albert Merritt (1884), United States House of Representatives[41]
- Thruston Ballard Morton (1929), United States Senate[42]
- Rogers Morton, United States Secretary of the Interior, United States Secretary of Commerce, and United States House of Representatives
- Edward John Phelps, Envoy to Court of St. James's and founder of the American Bar Association
- Geoffrey Robinson, Member of Parliament and Paymaster General
- Raymond G. H. Seitz (1963), U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom
Religion
editSports
edit- Donald Beer (1957), competition rower and Olympic medalist[44]
- John Charlesworth (1929), American football player[45]
- Thomas Charlton (1956), competition rower and Olympic medalist[46]
- Dick Jauron (1973), professional football player and coach in the National Football League[47]
- Jack Morrison (1967), ice hockey Olympic athlete[48]
- Ducky Pond (1925), college football coach[49]
- Rusty Wailes (1958), competition rower and Olympic medalist[50]
References
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- ^ "Timeline of Selected Events in the History of Yale University". Resources on Yale History. Yale University Library. March 19, 2010. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
- ^ "Yale Wolf's Head Admits Women". Deseret News, December 19, 1991.
- ^ The Chosen, p. 653.
- ^ Yale Banner and Pot Pourri Yearbook, New Haven, CT - Class of 1954, pg. 35
- ^ Joining the Club, p. 182.
- ^ a b "Memorabilia Yalensis". The Yale Literary Magazine. 84 (6): 269. June 1919. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
- ^ The Five Roles of Robert Maynard Hutchins, DePaul University Libraries, Volume 42 Issue 2, Winter 1992, DePaul Law Review, Article 9, Jeffrey O'Connell, Thomas E. O'Connell, footnote 62
- ^ a b Skulls and Keys, David Alan Richards, Pegasus Books Ltd., 2017. p. 319. ISBN 978-1-68177-517-3
- ^ a b c "Dem Bones, Dem Bones...and the Magic of Yale", Harvard.edu, August 30, 2004.
- ^ a b "Caltech obituary - Clark". Caltech.edu; accessed September 14, 2016.
- ^ Yale University Banner and Pou Pourri Yearbook, New Haven, CT, Class of 1924, pg. 89
- ^ Cedotal, Andrew (April 18, 2006). "Rattling Those Dry Bones". Yale Daily News. Archived from the original on 2011-08-01.
- ^ Skulls and Keys, David Alan Richards, Pegasus Books Ltd., 2017. p. 657. ISBN 978-1-68177-517-3
- ^ Morrisroe, Patricia. Mapplethorpe: A Biography, Random House, New York, 1995. p. 115; ISBN 0-786-74975-X.
- ^ “New Members Appointed to University Council,” YaleNews, November 8, 2016
- ^ Harvard Crimson, "Yale Society Elections", published May 24, 1895.
- ^ Yale Banner and Pot Pourri Yearbook, New Haven, CT - Yale Class of 1949
- ^ Box/folder number, Mss. A. Conger Goodyear Papers, 1683 - 1964 (bulk 1885 - 1964), Research Library, Buffalo History Museum,
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- ^ Six Yale Societies Elect 90 Members, New York Times, May 8, 1936
- ^ My Harvard, My Yale, editor, Diana DuBois, chapter "A Touch of Laughter", author, Rt. Rev. Paul Moore, Random House, New York, 1982, ISBN 0-394-51920-5
- ^ Yale University Banner and Pot Pourri Yearbook, New Haven, CT, Class of 1924, pg. 89
- ^ "Secret Society 2013: Who they are, and how they got in!", yaleherald.com, April 21, 2012; retrieved 2012-12-11.
- ^ Skulls and Keys, David Alan Richards, Pegasus Books Ltd., 2017. p. 303 ISBN 978-1-68177-517-3
- ^ Henderson, Clayton W. The Charles Ives Tunebook - Second Edition, Indiana University Press, Bloomington and Indianapolis, 2008. p. 367; ISBN 978-0-253-35090-9.
- ^ "Yale's Great Oak Sees 'Tap Day' Again", The New York Times. May 21, 1915. p. 8.
- ^ Skulls and Keys, David Alan Richards, Pegasus Books Ltd., 2017. p. 319. ISBN 978-1-68177-517-3
- ^ Bulletin of Yale University, New Haven 15 October 1932, Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University Deceased during the Year 1931 - 1932
- ^ Yale Banner and Pot Pourri Yearbook, New Haven, CT - Yale Class of 1952, pg. 39
- ^ a b Skulls and Keys, David Alan Richards, Pegasus Books Ltd., 2017. p. 319. ISBN 978-1-68177-517-3
- ^ "Leigh Bardugo On 'Ninth House'". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
- ^ Skulls and Keys, David Alan Richards, Pegasus Books Ltd., 2017. p. 302. ISBN 978-1-68177-517-3
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- ^ "The Skulls and Bones Exposed". Scribd.com. 2009-02-18. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
- ^ "Mayor Erastus Corning: Albany Icon". Webhome.idirect.com. April 21, 1954. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
- ^ Yale University Banner and Pot Pourri Yearbook, New Haven, CT - Class of 1895, pg. 183
- ^ "Google". Retrieved 2016-09-04.
- ^ Andrews, John, The Founding of Wolf's Head Society, Lancaster Press, pg. 70
- ^ Yale University Banner and Pot Pourri Yearbook, New Haven, CT - Class of 1929, pg. 109
- ^ Moore, Honor.The Bishop's Daughter, A Memoir, First Edition, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, 2008. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-393-05984-7.
- ^ Yale Banner and Pot Pourri Yearbook, New Haven, CT, Class of 1957, pg. 47
- ^ Yale University Banner and Pot Pourri yearbook, New Haven, CT - Class of 1929, pg.109
- ^ Yale Pot Pourri and Banner yearbook, Class of 1956, pg. 43
- ^ Jay (October 10, 2007). "Fire Dick Jauron!: The Continuing Story of Buffalo Dick". Firedickjauron.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2011-08-01.[dubious – discuss]
- ^ Yale University Banner and Pot Pourri Yearbook, New Haven, CT - Class of 1937, pg. 67
- ^ The Bridgeport Telegraph, Friday, May 16, 1924, pg. 28 and Saturday, May 17, 1924, pg. 16
- ^ Yale University Banner and Pot Pourri Yearbook, Class of 1958, New Haven, CT, pg. 61