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Chamber Taps Yale
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Business New Haven
4/30/2001
By: BNH
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NEW HAVEN - When the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce decided to honor a venerable city institution for its civic contributions, chamber brass didn't exactly shock the world with its selection.
The chamber awarded Yale University its first “Corporate Heritage Award,” an honor to be presented annually to corporations and institutions that have served greater New Haven for more than a century. The chamber, which has some 1,200 member businesses in the region, chose to award the university in honor of its 300th anniversary.
The April 19 award breakfast - the chamber's 207th annual meeting - also featured keynote speaker John Pepper Yale class of 1960, chairman of Proctor & Gamble (see related story, page 8) and the election of the chamber's board of directors, to be headed by New Haven Savings Bank Senior Vice President Diane Wishnafski.
The Yale award was accepted by Bruce Alexander, Yale's vice president for New Haven and state affairs. The honor was introduced by the chamber this year to showcase companies continuing the city's strong traditions in manufacturing, communications and the arts.
Yale President Richard Levin could not attend because of a meeting with the University's board of trustees. Alexander said the University was proud to be honored by the city. “We want to be good institutional citizens,” Alexander said. “I pledge to you we will continue to expand the role of active citizenship the award encourages.”
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