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Mystery Monday: vaneglorious
By Mark Alden Branch ’86
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8:00am November 07 2022
What two figures from Yale history are perched on the campus skyline in this weather vane? And where on campus is it?
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George Huthsteiner '74 TD, 10:38pm November 07 2022 | 
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The comment period has expired.<> 1935 Timothy Dwight College 1935 James Gamble Rogers. TD. Temple St. 345 <> The figures represent Timothy Dwight the Elder and his grandson Timothy Dwight the Younger <> The Elder was Timothy Dwight IV (1752-1817) B.A. 1769. 8th President of Yale 1795-1817. TD IV was a prodigy and known widely for his theology. Wags called him the Pope of the Connecticut Valley. <<>> The Younger was Timothy Dwight V (1828 – 1916) Congregational minister, and President of Yale University (1886–1898). He served as President of Yale College ninety years after his grandfather's tenure.