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Distinguished Dropouts
March
2001 -- Special Tercentennial Edition
An
unwritten understanding makes an alumnus or alumna of any
student who has spent at least a semester at Yale. Below, some of
those who went on to distinction, but without the benefit of a Yale
degree.
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NAME
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DEGREE
TYPE
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GRAD.
DATE
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FIELD
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TRADE
|
| Louis
Auchincloss |
|
Undergraduate |
|
1939 |
|
Arts |
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Author |
| Judah
Benjamin |
|
Undergraduate |
|
1828 |
|
Government |
|
Senator,
Confederate cabinet officer |
| Melvin
Bourne |
|
Drama |
|
1948 |
|
Entertainment |
|
Film
director |
| Richard
Cheney |
|
Undergraduate |
|
1963 |
|
Government |
|
Vice
president |
| J.
Fenimore Cooper |
|
Undergraduate |
|
1805 |
|
Letters |
|
Author |
| Ron
Darling |
|
Undergraduate |
|
1982 |
|
Athletics |
|
Baseball
player |
| Bruce
Davidson |
|
Art |
|
1957 |
|
Arts |
|
Photographer |
| David
Duchovny |
|
Graduate
School |
|
1987 |
|
Entertainment |
|
Actor |
| Henry
Ford II |
|
Undergraduate |
|
1941 |
|
Business |
|
Executive |
| Frank
D. Gilroy |
|
Drama |
|
1953 |
|
Letters |
|
Playwright,
film writer |
| Julie
Harris |
|
Drama |
|
1947 |
|
Entertainment |
|
Actor |
| David
Henry Hwang |
|
Drama |
|
1983 |
|
Letters |
|
Playwright |
| Elia
Kazan |
|
Drama |
|
1933 |
|
Entertainment |
|
Film
director |
| Stacy
Keach |
|
Drama |
|
1966 |
|
Entertainment |
|
Actor |
| Robert
Klein |
|
Drama |
|
1965 |
|
Entertainment |
|
Comedian,
actor, writer |
| Paul
Newman |
|
Drama |
|
1954 |
|
Entertainment |
|
Actor,
director |
| Aldo
Parisot |
|
Music |
|
1948 |
|
Arts |
|
Cellist,
teacher |
| Winthrop
Rockefeller |
|
Undergraduate |
|
1935 |
|
Government |
|
Governor,
Arkansas |
| Mark
Rothko |
|
Undergraduate |
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1925 |
|
Arts |
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Painter |
| Talia
Shire |
|
Drama |
|
1969 |
|
Arts |
|
Actor |
| Oliver
Stone |
|
Undergraduate |
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1968 |
|
Entertainment |
|
Film
director |
| Samuel
J. Tilden |
|
Undergraduate |
|
1831 |
|
Government |
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Presidential
candidate, NY governor |
| Joan
Van Ark |
|
Drama |
|
1964 |
|
Entertainment |
|
Actor |
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