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By Susan Gonzalez April 27, 2021 Share this with FacebookShare this with TwitterShare this with LinkedInShare this with EmailPrint this David Blight, Mary Miller, and Indra Nooyi Three Yale affiliates are among the 36 distinguished scholars and leaders elected to the American Philosophical Society at its April meeting. They are historian David Blight, former Yale College Dean and art historian Mary Miller, and Yale School of Management alumna Indra Nooyi, a former senior trustee on the Yale Board of Trustees and former PepsiCo CEO. Founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1743, the American Philosophical Society is the oldest learned society in the United States. It was established for the purpose of “promoting useful knowledge.” It honors leading scholars, scientists, and professionals through elected membership and opportunities for interdisciplinary intellectual fellowship, particularly in its semi-annual meetings. The society also supports research and discovery ....
UT News Search Button By: Sara Robberson Lentz Julia Guernsey says she doesn’t like to mythologize her past. A true art historian, she is ever aware of how the narrative she might tell shapes reality. When asked about her life growing up, she says simply that she had a happy childhood growing up in Rockford, Illinois, a town west of Chicago. “Nothing much of note or unusual. I’m really not sure what to say about Rockford. … It was the home of Cheap Trick?” she says laughing about the birthplace of the rock band. Guernsey was the oldest of three children and was encouraged to pick a more practical degree as an undergraduate. She got her bachelor’s degree in business from Marquette University. After graduating, she started working at an art gallery in Milwaukee, where she first learned, from her boss, about art history as a discipline. Guernsey, a curious learner, decided to sign up for a class at the University of Wisc ....