耶鲁大学始创于1701年是美国历史上建立的第三所大学，今为常青藤联盟的成员之一。YaleUniversityisaprivateresearchuniversityinNewHaven,Connecticut,andamemberoftheIvyLeague.Foundedin1701intheColonyofConnecticut,theuniversityisthethird-oldestinstitutionofhighereducationintheUnitedStates.IncorporatedastheCollegiateSchool,theinstitutiontracesitsrootsto17th-centuryclergymenwhosoughttoestablishacollegetotrainclergyandpoliticalleadersforthecolony.In1718,theCollegewasrenamedYaleCollegetohonoragiftfromElihuYale,agovernoroftheBritishEastIndiaCompany.YaleandHarvardhavebeenrivalsinacademics,athletics,andotheractivitiesformostoftheirhistory,competingannuallyinTheGameandtheHarvard-YaleRegatta.耶鲁大学的校训LuxetVeritas（拉丁文，意为“光明和真理”）Yalehasproducedmanynotablealumni,includingfiveU.S.presidents,seventeenU.S.SupremeCourtJustices,andseveralforeignheadsofstate.Presidentsandvicepresidents•威廉·霍华德·塔夫脱,美国总统(1909年-1913年),美国最高法院首席大法官(1921年-1930年)•杰拉尔德·福特(法学院),美国总统(1974年-1977年)•乔治·H·W·布什,美国总统(1989年-1993年)•比尔·克林顿(法学院),美国总统(1993年-2001年)•乔治·W·布什,美国总统(2001年至今)•理察·切尼*,美国副总统(2001年至今)`let’shaveaquicklookatpresidentBush.•BesidesHarvard,Yaleistheuniversitywhichhasproducedthesecondmostpresidents.•PrisidentBushisoneofthem.•GeorgeWalkerBush(bornJuly6,1946)isthe43rdPresidentoftheUnitedStates,inauguratedonJanuary20,2001.Hewasre-electedin2004.Heformerlyservedasthe46thGovernorofTexasfrom1995to2000.ARepublican,hebelongstooneofthemostpoliticallyinfluentialAmericanfamilies,beingthesonofformerPresidentGeorgeH.W.BushandelderbrotherofJebBush,theformerGovernorofFlorida.1.Nobelprizewinners•AllofthesefollowingsarepeoplewhohavewonNobelprize,andtheywereallgraduatesfromYaleUniversity.•乔治·阿克罗夫(GeorgeAkerlof),(2001年,经济学家)•雷蒙德·戴维斯（RaymondDavis）,(2002年,物理学家)•约翰·埃弗·恩德斯（JohnF.Enders）,(1954年,生理学家/医学家)•约翰·芬博士（JohnFenn[Ph.D.]),(2002年,化学家)•默里·盖尔曼-默里（MurrayGell-Mann）,(1969年,物理学家)•阿尔佛雷德·G·吉尔曼（AlfredG.Gilman）,(1994年,生理学家/医学家)•詹天佑,“铁路工程师”，在1881年毕业于SheffieldScientificSchool，亦为京张铁路总工程师。•ZhanTianyou(1861-1919),anationalheroforhisroleinbuildingChina'srailroadsystem,wasbornin1861insouthernChina'sGuangdongProvinceanddiedin1919.AsthechiefdesignerofthefirstrailwayprojectbuiltbyChineseengineers,hewaswidelyregardedasthefatherofChina'srailroad.2、InventorsandartistsHewasintelligentandinterestedinmachinerywhenhewasachild.Attheageof12,ZhanwenttoUStostudy.In1878,hewasadmittedtoYaleUniversitymajoringincivilandrailwayengineering.AsoneoftheearliestChinesestudentsstudyingabroad,hewasthefirstChinesethatbecameamemberoftheAmericanEngineers'Association.Yale’slibraryisthebiggestoneinAmericaandthesecondbiggestintheworld.Ithasalargeamountofbookcollection,about11millionbooks.
