Hundreds of people—including students, faculty, and staff who are military veterans—gathered on Hewitt Quadrangle Friday for Yale's annual Veterans Day observance. Jack Beecher, an Air Force veteran who became the university's first liaison to veterans in 2016, was presented with the Veterans Day Tribute Award. “I’m fond of saying that veterans are better by being at Yale, that Yale is better by having veterans studying here, and our country is made much stronger by both,” said Beecher.