In reply to my May 6 letter (posted yesterday), the President of Yale differed with me on the question whether more people opposed GWB's honorary degree than opposed JFK's. He pointed out that Yale graduates, at least from the 1920's through the 1950's, were heavily conservative and Republican. He believed that there were many, many who disapproved of JFK. He said that JFK became a lot more popular after his death.
He categorically denied that Yale awarded GWB the degree because of money. He said that if money had anything to do with it, the degree would not have been awarded, for there were as many big Yale donors who opposed the degree as favored it. He pointed out that Yale alumni represent a wide spectrum of views and that this had been the point of his previous reply.
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