- Branford College
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name = Branford College
motto_Latin = ?
motto_English = If you will it, it is no dream.
named_for =Branford, Connecticut
year_established = 1933
colors = Blue, green, yellow
master = Steven B. Smith
dean = Daniel Tauss
nickname = Branfordians
undergraduates = ?
mascot = the fierce and noble squirrel
location = 74 High Street
sister_college =Quincy House
oxford_sister = Pembroke College
cambridge_sister = Christ's College
homepage = http://www.yale.edu/branfordBranford College is one of the 12
residential college s atYale University . It was founded in 1933 by partitioning theMemorial Quadrangle (built in 1917-21) into two parts: Saybrook and Branford. According toRobert Frost , it is "the oldest and most beautiful"fact|date=October 2007 of the Yale residential colleges, though it shares a building and was founded simultaneously with Saybrook.Branford College was named for the nearby town of Branford,
Connecticut , where Yale was briefly located. The base ofHarkness Tower , one of the university's most prominent structures and one of the tallest free-standing stone structures in the world, forms one corner of Branford's main courtyard. The tower contains a 54-bell carillon.Frank Lloyd Wright is said to have been asked where he would choose to be if he could be anywhere in the U.S. and responded that he would pickHarkness Tower so he would not have to look at it.fact|date=September 2007The student rooms and common areas are decorated with
stained glass byG. Owen Bonawit . Branford's architect,James Gamble Rogers , required that at least one pane on every window be broken and thensolder ed back together, resulting in a Y-shape in many of the windows.The college was renovated in 2000.
On the television show "
Gilmore Girls ",Rory Gilmore (played byAlexis Bledel ) is a member of Branford College.Richard Gilmore (played byEdward Herrmann ) is a fictional Branford College alumnus.External links
* [http://www.yale.edu/branford/ Branford College]
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