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Throwback Thursday: celebrating 300
By Mark Alden Branch ’86
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7:43am October 15 2026
Twenty-five years ago this month, Yale concluded the celebration of its 300th anniversary with a convocation on Cross Campus, a speech by former president Bill Clinton ’73JD, and an evening of entertainment at the Bowl with music, skits, video montages, laser lights, and fireworks. The unlikely list of headliners included Paul Simon, Sam Waterston ’62, Tom Wolfe ’57PhD, and Big Bird (who traded jokes with William F. Buckley Jr. ’50).
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