AYA awards Yale Medals 11.17.08
If a Yale alumnus had never visited the minority-heavy Theodore Roosevelt High School in East Los Angeles in the 1960s, Don Nakanishi ’71 said he might not have come to Yale.
Two of the Yale Medal honorees pose with Yale Law School Dean Harold Koh. The medal is awarded to alumni who have performed outstanding service to the University. On Friday night, the Association of Yale Alumni presented medals to five honorees at a gala dinner in Commons.
If a Yale alumnus had never visited the minority-heavy Theodore Roosevelt High School in East Los Angeles in the 1960s, Don Nakanishi ’71 said he might not have come to Yale.