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Yale became the first university in North America to grant a Ph.D. in 1861. Yale’s legacy of graduate education is the focus of the Association of Yale Alumni annual assembly entitled 'Doctorates without Borders' that took place on Nov. 17th, 2011.
The assembly brings over 400 alumni leaders to campus, representing regional Yale clubs, college classes, graduate and professional school alumni, and shared-interest groups. 
This collection highlights the assembly panel made up of distinguished guests who earned their Ph.D. at Yale University. The panel features discussion of the challenges facing graduate school alumni in the 21st century and leadership opportunities within and beyond academia for Ph.D. degree recipients. 

Doctorates without Borders: The Yale Ph.D. and Leadership Yale Distinguished Lecturers

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Yale became the first university in North America to grant a Ph.D. in 1861. Yale’s legacy of graduate education is the focus of the Association of Yale Alumni annual assembly entitled 'Doctorates without Borders' that took place on Nov. 17th, 2011.
The assembly brings over 400 alumni leaders to campus, representing regional Yale clubs, college classes, graduate and professional school alumni, and shared-interest groups. 
This collection highlights the assembly panel made up of distinguished guests who earned their Ph.D. at Yale University. The panel features discussion of the challenges facing graduate school alumni in the 21st century and leadership opportunities within and beyond academia for Ph.D. degree recipients. 

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    The Yale Ph.D. and Leadership: Jonathan Fanton

    The Yale Ph.D. and Leadership: Jonathan Fanton

    Reflections on the impact of his Yale doctoral studies on life and leadership by Jonathan Fanton ’65 B.A.,’78 Ph.D., former president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and Franklin D. Roosevelt Visiting Fellow at Hunter College.

    • 8 min
    • video
    The Yale Ph.D. and Leadership: Ann Temkin

    The Yale Ph.D. and Leadership: Ann Temkin

    Reflections on the impact of her Yale doctoral studies on life and leadership by Ann Temkin ’91 Ph.D., the Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

    • 10 min
    • video
    The Yale Ph.D. and Leadership: President Ernesto Zedillo

    The Yale Ph.D. and Leadership: President Ernesto Zedillo

    Reflections on the impact of his Yale doctoral studies on life and leadership by Ernesto Zedillo ’81 Ph.D., director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization and president of Mexico from 1994 to 2000.

    • 10 min
    • video
    The Yale Ph.D. and Leadership: Eric Fossum

    The Yale Ph.D. and Leadership: Eric Fossum

    Reflections on the impact of his Yale doctoral studies on life and leadership by Eric R. Fossum ’84 Ph.D.; inventor of the CMOS image sensor that operates digital cameras and professor of engineering at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth.

    • 4 min
    • video
    The Yale Ph.D. and Leadership: Joan Hinde Stewart

    The Yale Ph.D. and Leadership: Joan Hinde Stewart

    Reflections on the impact of her Yale doctoral studies on life and leadership by Joan Hinde Stewart ’70 Ph.D., president of Hamilton College.

    • 6 min
    • video
    The Yale Ph.D. and Leadership: Dean Thomas Pollard

    The Yale Ph.D. and Leadership: Dean Thomas Pollard

    Reflections on the current state of the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences by Dean Thomas Pollard, M.D., Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, and Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Cell Biology.

    • 8 min

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