Past Fellows by Date
Chubb Fellow 2024
Chubb Fellow 2023
Timothy Dwight College at Yale University is hosting violin virtuoso Hilary Hahn as the Yale College Artist-in-Residence for the Spring of 2023. Ms. Hahn returns to Yale’s campus to continue the work started during her highly successful Spring 2022 Chubb Fellowship administered by Timothy Dwight College. On February 7th and 8th Ms.
The Head of Timothy Dwight Residential College, Mary Lui has announced
Chubb Fellow 2022
Three-time Grammy Award-winning violinist Hilary Hahn melds expressive musicality and technical expertise with a diverse repertoire guid
Chubb Fellow 2020
The Chubb Fellow for Spring 2020 is Coach Jill Ellis.
Chubb Fellow 2018 to 2019
The Chubb Fellow for the Fall 2018 semester is Gene Luen Yang, the award-winning graphic novelist, cartoonist, and educator.
Chubb Fellow 2019
The Chubb Fellow for the Spring 2019 semester is Michelle Kwan, the most decorated figure skater in the history of the U.S.!
The Chubb Fellow for Fall 2019 is the Honorable Rosa DeLauro.
Chubb Fellow 2017 to 2018
Born and raised in Harlem, New York City her career as an educator, artist, and activist spans more than half a century.
Chubb Fellow 2018
Bill McKibben is an author and environmentalist who in 2014 was awarded the Right Livelihood Prize, sometimes called the ‘alternative Nobel.’
Chubb Fellow 2016 to 2017
Dr. Hawa Abdi Dhiblawe is the founder and chairperson of the Dr. Hawa Abdi Foundation (DHAF), a non-profit organization.
João Vale de Almeida is a senior European Union diplomat who was appointed as EU Ambassador to the United Nations October 16, 2015. Ambassador Vale de Almeida previously served as the first EU Ambassador to the United States of America, from 2010 to 2014. In Washington, he actively engaged in strengthening EU/U.S.
Chubb Fellow 2015 to 2016
Ambassador Susan E. Rice was the President Obama’s National Security Advisor.
Secretary Norman Y. Mineta, has a distiguished career as a innovative leader in the fields of transportation, commerce, public policy, and technology.
Paul Simon’s distinguished music career spans six decades and includes twelve Grammy Awards. Three of these award-winning albums – “Bridge Over Troubled Water”, “Still Crazy After All These Years” and “Graceland” were also albums of the year. He has been inducted into the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame both as a member of Simon & Garfunkel and as a solo artist.
Chubb Fellow 2014 to 2015
Ambassador Samantha Power is the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations and a member of President Obama’s Cabinet. At the United Nations, Ambassador Power works to advance U.S. interests, promote and defend universal values, and address pressing global challenges to global peace, security, and prosperity.
As the spiritual head of the 900-year-old Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, has emerged as an important thought leader for our time.
Chubb Fellow 2013 to 2014
Leymah Gbowee is a Liberian peace activist responsible for leading a women’s peace movement that helped bring an end to the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003. Her efforts to end the war, along with her collaborator Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, helped usher in a period of peace and enabled a free election in 2005 won by Ms.
Poet, novelist, philosopher, environmental activist, cultural critic, and farmer Wendell Berry will present the next Chubb Fellowship Lecture as a guest of Timothy Dwight College and the Yale Sustainable Food Project (YSFP). A pioneering and influential advocate for change, Berry has spent more than 50 years helping to shape the movements for agricultural and ecological sustainability.
Chubb Fellow 2012 to 2013
Aung San Suu Kyi is the Chair of Burma’s leading opposition party, the National League for Democracy (NLD).
Leonel Antonio Fernández Reyna is a Dominican lawyer, academic, and was President of the Dominican Republic from 1996 to 2000 and from 2004 to 2012.
Chubb Fellow 2011 to 2012
The interview and discussion with Mr. Freeman was titled “Life and Work”.
Shah Rukh Khan, is often referred to as “The King of Bollywood” and has acted in over 70 Hindi films.
Chubb Fellow 2010 to 2011
John DeStefano, Jr. is Executive Vice President of Start Bank of New Haven, a community development financial institution of which he was an incorporating director and on whose board he continues to serve.
Nicholas D. Kristof, a columnist for The New York Times since November 2001, writes op-ed columns that appear twice a week.