Yale Daily News

Updated: Monday, November 23, 2009 1:03 a.m.

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Levin’s aide ‘holds Yale together’

Staff Reporter
Published Friday, October 2, 2009

It is fair to say that Regina Starolis did not have a great first day of work.
In July of 1973, she arrived at Woodbridge Hall, the University’s main administrative building, to begin her new job as secretary to Yale’s president, Kingman Brewster. Her first official act in that capacity was to break his clock.
The clock was an antique on loan from the Yale University Art Gallery and Starolis, who had previously been a passenger service manager for American Airlines, wound it too tightly.
“I thought, ‘This can’t be happening,’” she recalled in an interview this week. “The...

#1 By Fellow staff 6:18a.m. on October 2, 2009

I've known Regina for years, mostly through church activities. Levin is lucky to have her running things. She's a delightful and capable individual. Kudos to the Daily News for this article.

#2 By RHB 8:33a.m. on October 2, 2009

Lovely article. Regina is an amazing institution at Yale.

#3 By anon 8:43a.m. on October 2, 2009

This is a great story. It's nice to see the human side of the Yale administration. It's nice to know there is one!

#4 By Regina Fan 7:03p.m. on October 2, 2009

Regina IS The "Queen"! We love Regina!

#5 By Fan of Regina 7:11p.m. on October 2, 2009

Great article! She is the sine qua non!

Regina IS truly the “Queen”!
The best on the the whole Yalie scene
When the Prez needs a lift
She’s a heaven sent gift:
And the pillar on whom we all lean!

Yay Regina!

#6 By LM 2:38p.m. on October 3, 2009

Great to see an admin profiled in YDN! We are the "moms" of the business and non-profit world, making sure everything runs the way it should and listening to everyone's problems, trying to fix things and take good care of the "children" we serve. All too often, admins are overlooked (and poorly paid). Thanks, YDN, for featuring Ms. Starolis. I hope all the future bosses who are now attending Yale remember her when they have admins of their own.

#7 By JasonM 8:54p.m. on October 16, 2009

William Sloane Coffin: not a very godly way to behave, one might think.

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