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Presidential Addresses Archive
Life After Yale: The Baccalaureate Address
by Richard H. Brodhead '68, '72PhD
July/August 2004
Before Dean Brodhead left to become president of Duke University, he delivered the baccalauretate address in place of Yale president Rick Levin.
Betting on China
Rick Levin '74PhD, interviewed by Kathrin Day Lassila '81
May/June 2004
Why Yale's presidnet sees an opportunity in China's economy.
Levin Joins Intelligencia
Rick Levin '74PhD, interviewed by Kathrin Day Lassila '81
March/April 2004
On February 6, Yale president Rick Levin was appointed by President George W. Bush '68 to the Commission on Intelligence Capabilities. Although Levin said he could not speculate on the commission's direction or discuss intelligence issues in general, he talked with the Yale Alumni Magazine about the panel.
Deja Deficit
Rick Levin '74PhD, interviewed by Kathrin Day Lassila '81
January/Februrary 2004
When Rick Levin took office as Yale president, one of his top priorities was to close a mounting budget deficit. He did. But today, the deficit is back.
Freshman Address: Encountering New Perspectives
by Richard C. Levin '74PhD
November/December 2003
. in which the president heeds his own advice: "Don't be tempted to write papers on books you haven't read."
Laboratory
for Free Expression
by Richard C. Levin
Summer 2003
This year, President Levin presented his Baccalaureate Address three times:
once on May 24 and twice on May 25.
Freshman Address: Invention,
Curiosity, and Service
by Richard C. Levin
October 2002
If the Class of 2006 needs a role model, Yale's president told freshmen to
look no further than Benjamin Franklin.
Thinking About September
11
by Richard C. Levin
Summer 2002
In his 2002 Baccalaureate Address, President Levin wrestled with the meaning
of September 11 for the nation, for the world, and for the university.
The Past and Future University
by Richard C. Levin
December 2001
In his address at the Tercentennial Convocation, Persident Levin looked at
what Yale and American universities have brought to the world in the past
three centuries -- and what they can do in the next.
Freshman Address: Visionaries
and Pragmatists
by Richard C. Levin
October 2001
The lengthy correspondence between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams reveals
qualities in the writers that serve as models for the experience the Class
of 2005 will find at Yale.
China on my Mind
by Richard C. Levin
Summer 2001
In his 2001 Baccalaureate Address, President Richard Levin reflected on a
recent trip to China.
Presidential Pronouncements
March 2001
Yale's earliest leaders were clerics, and the preaching impulse has been
transmitted down the centuries. On topics sublime and mundane, Yale presidents
have usually had something to say worth hearing.
Yale Time
by Richard C. Levin
October 2000
President Levin used lessons from science & literature to instruct the
freshman Class of 2004 in the best use of "Yale Time."
Reflections on Revolution
by Richard C. Levin
Summer 2000
In his 2000 Baccalaureate Address, President Levin discussed the Internet
Revolution and told graduates to "keep on reading."
The Importance of Funding
Basic Research
by Richard C. Levin
February 2000
Adapted from testimony delivered by President Levin on September 22, 1999
to the Science and Technology Caucus of the United States Senate.
The Spirit of Adventure
by Richard C. Levin
October 1999
"Ask questions, and don't hesitate to accept surprising answers if your
observations have been careful and your reasoning has been rigorous," Yale's
president told the incoming Class of 2003.
Beyond Community
Service: The Nation and the Wider World
by Richard C. Levin
Summer 1999
"The nation needs your involvement, and the wider world demands your attention," President
Levin told graduates in his Baccalaureate Address.
Westward Ho!
by Richard C. Levin
October 1998
President Levin invoked the spirit of Meriwether Lewis in his remarks to
the Class of 2000. "I hope you will approach your Yale journey with
the same sense of wonder. This place is filled with extraordinary treasures;
they are here for you to explore and enjoy."
Discovery
by Richard C. Levin
October 1997
In his Freshman Address, Yale's president told the incoming Class of 2001, "Here
at Yale you will have access to many people with answers and more than a
few with wisdom. They will not always have the answers you seek, but they
will encourage your curiosity and inspire you to make discoveries on your
own."
Taking the Next
Step
by Richard C. Levin
Summer 1997
In his Baccalaureate Address, the president of the university urged the graduating
seniors to "achieve what you have imagined."
Preparing for Yale's Fourth
Century
by Richard C. Levin
December 1996
As the university approaches its Tercentennial celebration in 2001, questions
proliferate about its future course. In a document prepared for discussion
at the semi-annual assembly of the Association of Yale Alumni, from October
24 to 26, the president described "an institution that strives for excellence
in all its undertakings," while concentrating on demonstrated strengths.
Variations on an Irresistible
Theme
by Richard C. Levin
October 1996
In his fourth Freshman Address, President Levin cautioned the Class of 2000
to avoid the kind of information and skills that may become obsolete, and
nurture the kind of curiosity that leads to"a solution looking for a
problem."
You Have Come To a Serious
Place
by Richard C. Levin
October 1995
Addressing the first freshman class to include more women than men, President
Levin reached back 40 years to demonstrate the continuity of Yale's purpose.
Liberal Education
and the Western Tradition
by Richard C. Levin
Summer 1995
In his second Baccalaureate Address, the president issued a strong defense
of the study of Western Civilization. "The great works of the Western
tradition are ideal materials for developing the reader's capacity to think
rigorously and independently," he said. Developing that ability, argued
the president, is "the principal object of liberal education."
Individually Successful,
Collectively Diverse
by Richard C. Levin
October 1994
In welcoming the Class of 1998 to Yale College, President Richard C. Levin
reminded his audience that the path to self-discovery should be neither unwavering
nor short.
Education for Self
and Others
by Richard C. Levin
Summer 1994
In his first Baccalaureate Address, Yale's 22nd president encouraged graduates
to continue to learn, to teach, and to serve.
A Day for Joy and Elebance
by Marc Wortman
December 1993
The inauguration of Richard C. Levin as Yale's 22nd president on October
2 proceeded with unprecedented informality, but the gravity of the occasion
was evident to all.
Beyond the Ivy
Walls: Our University in the Wider World
by Richard C. Levin
December 1993
In his inaugural address as Yale's 22nd president, Richard C. Levin called
for an increased awareness of the university as part of a larger intellectual
and social environment.
The Capacity for Independent
Thought
by Richard C. Levin
October 1993
In his first Freshman Address, President Richard C. Levin invoked the virtues
of free inquiry.
"I Must Say I'm Very
Optimistic"
An Interview with President Levin
October 1993
On the eve of his inauguration this month as Yale's 22nd president, Richard
C. Levin spoke with Yale Alumni Magazine editor Carter Wiseman '68
about the university and its future.
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