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Tony Blair to serve as visiting professor next year

Staff Reporter
Published Friday, March 7, 2008

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair will teach a seminar at Yale next year as a visiting fellow, the University announced Friday.

Blair — whose eldest son, Euan, is enrolled in a two-year master’s program in international relations at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences — will also participate in various events around campus as part of his appointment as the Howland Distinguished Fellow for the 2008-'09 academic year, the University said.

Blair finished his 10-year stint as prime minister in June and later this year will launch a foundation aimed at fostering...

#1 By Alum 3:16p.m. on March 7, 2008

This must have been a quid pro quo for admitting the son, who was reportedly rejected by Harvard's Kennedy School.

#2 By Alum 3:26p.m. on March 7, 2008

CORRECTION:

Young Blair got into both the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton and the Kennedy School at Harvard, but neither would award him a "merit scholarship" in light of his low grades. Yale, however, came through with the $$$.

See: "How Euan Blair Got Into Yale"
http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/?storyID=2643

#3 By '08 3:40p.m. on March 7, 2008

Cheers to Mr. Blair who recently converted from the Anglican Church to Roman Catholicism!

#4 By (Anonymous) 6:45p.m. on March 7, 2008

Sound the trumpets!

#5 By haha 7:21p.m. on March 7, 2008

Good luck getting into his class!!

#6 By (Anonymous) 8:04a.m. on March 8, 2008

sign my Beatle album ?

#7 By Nice, YDN! 12:04p.m. on March 8, 2008

That's an awesome picture you found for this article. Perfect.

#8 By A.C. 4:03p.m. on March 8, 2008

I love the photo, the caption should read:

"Who's got two index fingers and was a lap dog for the Bush administration? This guy!"

#9 By (Anonymous) 10:59p.m. on March 8, 2008

That photo is ridiculous. I love it.

#10 By (Anonymous) 7:20a.m. on March 9, 2008

I imagine Blair will teach a class on how to get involved in a war without end and no reason and how to completely subordinate his country to the will of another nation.

#11 By Robert 6:32p.m. on March 9, 2008

Could be worse. We could have Joschka Fischer teaching here.

#12 By CoffinCandy 8:49p.m. on March 9, 2008

Now we'll have to have Hugo Chavez as a visiting professor to lessen the hurt feelings of the liberals on campus.

#13 By CLR 8:53p.m. on March 9, 2008

By Jove! This will never work. He speaks completely understandable english.

#14 By Recent Alum 9:47p.m. on March 9, 2008

#12, you do realize that Tony Blair is a liberal, former PM as a member of the *Labor* Party (which is arguably to the left of even the Democrats), now do you?

#15 By Jose 11:15p.m. on March 9, 2008

Scary!!!

I'll change sidewalks.

#16 By CLR 12:41a.m. on March 10, 2008

#14, you do realize that was the old "pointed jab" at those frothing at the mouth an Tony's "Bush" support? Quite so old boy!

#17 By Old alum 8:46a.m. on March 10, 2008

Faith and globalization? Huge yawn.

#18 By Carl Y. 3:13p.m. on March 10, 2008

Finish restoring the Divinity School so Yale doesn't embarrass itself.

#19 By Carl Y. 5:40p.m. on March 10, 2008

Class? The guy has no class. Nothing but another international british flamer the University doesn't need. Maybe Fidel can teach a course and Al Sharpton.

#20 By Carl Y. 9:19a.m. on March 11, 2008

Another possible caption for the (great) picture: "C'est moi."

#21 By timewaster 8:03p.m. on March 13, 2008

Gordon Brown's homage to Blair:

http://www.bowblog.com/archives/images/GordonBrown.jpg

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