Yale university
IPA: / ˈjeɪl ˌjuːnɪˈvɝːsəti /
Plurale: Yale universities
A university in Connecticut; Also called: Yale.
US university, founded 1701 in New Haven, Connecticut. It was named for Elihu Yale (16481721), born in Boston, Massachusetts, one-time governor of Fort St George, Madras, India.
Yale is considered one of the preeminent US universities, attracting great numbers of foreign students as well as superior US high school graduates. Presidents George Bush and Gerald Ford, among many prominent Americans, attended Yale.
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