Dedication of Pauli Murray College

  • The official ribbon cutting ceremony! Photo courtesy of Robbie Short.
  • Tina Lu speaking prior to the dedication ceremony. Photo courtesy of Robbie Short.
  • Family members and friends of Pauli Murray are given a tour of the college by David Rubio MY '18 before the dedication ceremony. Photo courtesy of Robbie Short.
  • Family members and friends of Pauli Murray are given a tour of the college by David Rubio MY '18 before the dedication ceremony. Photo courtesy of Robbie Short.
  • Family members and friends of Pauli Murray are given a tour of the college by David Rubio MY '18 before the dedication ceremony. Photo courtesy of Robbie Short.
  • Professor Tina Lu, head of MY College, speaking to Robert A.M. Stern, the architect who designed the new colleges. Photo courtesy of Robbie Short.
  • Beth Ward, former secretary to Pauli Murray, watching the dedication ceremony. Photo courtesy of Robbie Short.
  • Tina Lu speaking to a member of Pauli Murray's family. Photo courtesy of Robbie Short.
  • From left to right: Ed Bass, a principal donor on the project; Robert A.M. Stern, the architect; Marvin Chun, dean of Yale College; and Tina Lu. Photo courtesy of Robbie Short.
  • The reception following the dedication ceremony. Photo courtesy of Robbie Short.
  • The reception following the dedication ceremony. Photo courtesy of Robbie Short.
  • Gregory Sterling (standing), dean of the Yale Divinity School, who attended the dinner to mark Pauli Murray's commitment to her faith. (She was the first African American women to be ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Center, and was posthumously sainted by the same church.) Photo courtesy of Robbie Short.
  • Sharon Krugler (standing, right), Yale University chaplain, who was also in attendance to mark Pauli Murray's religious ties. Photo courtesy of Robbie Short.
  • Dinner following the dedication ceremony for Pauli Murray's family members and friends in the MY Fellows' Lounge. It was the first event ever held in the Fellows' Lounge. Photo courtesy of Robbie Short.
  • Risë Nelson, director of the African American Cultural Center, who also attended the dinner. Photo courtesy of Robbie Short.
October 6, 2017