The four winners of this year’s prestigious Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal have left indelible marks on their respective fields, but they haven’t stopped there.
“We are so proud of our Graduate School Wilbur Cross medalists,” said Lynn Cooley, dean of Yale’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. “They have the common thread of unstinting, continuing effort to advance not merely their own positions and careers, but also to selflessly share their knowledge with others to the benefit of us all.”
This year, the awards went to Elizabeth W. Easton ’89 Ph.D., co-founder and director of the Center for Curatorial Leadership; Kelsey C. Martin ’91 Ph.D., ’92 M.D., dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California-Los Angeles; Marianne Mithun ’74 Ph.D., professor of linguistics at the University of California-Santa Barbara; and Tan Eng Chye ’89 Ph.D., president of the National University of Singapore (NUS).
Anna Barry, chair of the Graduate School Alumni Association (GSAA) noted, “The medal is the highest award bestowed by the GSAA, and recognizes alumni who have excelled in scholarship, teaching, academic administration and public service. This year’s medalists are an inspiration and we are delighted to recognize them with this honor.”
