Reminiscing about the "Dark Ages" at Yale when there were tents in
the quad, demonstrations on The Green, and a Viking from Arkansas in the
library, Hillary Clinton accepted the law school's prestigious Award of
Merit from Dean Robert C. Post this afternoon before an exuberant
audience of alumni, past classmates, former colleagues from the Senate
and State Department, and the past recipient to whom she is married.
Dean
Post introduced her with glowing praise for the many "firsts" she has
accomplished, her prodigious work in the Senate and at State, as well as
impressive quotations from some of her always instructive and
inspirational speeches. Hillary laid out the rationale for her
signature initiative at the Clinton Foundation,
Too Small to Fail, explaining that even with
gridlock in Washington there are efforts possible on the private side
that can help to advance future achievement for the littlest people
among us.
The event highlighted Yale Law School's Alumni Weekend.
Photos from the
New Haven Register.
Wikimedia CommonsFormer classmates of Hillary Rodham Clinton LAW ’73 are working with the Law School’s development office to create a fund in Clinton’s honor, a year and a half after the former secretary of state’s historic defeat in the 2016 presidential election.
