Kingman Brewster Jr. was an American educator, academic and diplomat. He served as the 17th President of Yale University and as United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
Brewster, c. 1951
Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701, Yale is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution.
Charter creating the Collegiate School, which became Yale College, October 9, 1701
A front view of "Yale-College" and the college chapel, printed by Daniel Bowen in 1786
Coat of arms of the family of Elihu Yale, after whom the university was named in 1718
Connecticut Hall, oldest building on the Yale campus, built between 1750 and 1753