Plaque placement sometimes a mystery
Ruizhi Qin ’11 returned to her Saybrook College double one day last month to find a new addition to the decor: a bronze plaque on the wall. It read: “This room was renovated in 2001 through the generosity of Thomas Leatherbury ’76 LAW ’79.”
Employees of Yale’s development office had mounted the plaque to recognize Leatherbury’s gift, which helped to defray the cost of Saybrook’s renovation in 2001. Qin thought Leatherbury, whoever he was, had probably once shared the same narrow double she now occupies in entryway D. She considered writing to Leatherbury to ask him about the room’s...
