Sponsored by the Yale Alumni Fund

On November 1, 2012, students from across Yale "Elihu'd" on the 2nd Annual Elihu Day. Students expressed their gratitude to donors by signing more than 1,000 personal thank-you cards at seven locations located in Yale College and at the schools of Music, Forestry & Environmental Studies, Divinity, Public Health, Medicine, and Nursing. 

To read more about the day and see photos click here.

Do you Elihu?

294 years ago, Elihu Yale made history when he donated nine bales of goods, some books, and a portrait of King George I to the Connecticut colony's fledgling collegiate school. By way of thanks, the trustees named the school in his honor.