Pierson College is a residential college at Yale University, founded in 1933. The buildings were built in the Georgian style in 1933, and were renovated in 2003-2004, adding a new building and basement facilities. The new basement facilities are shared with its unofficial rival Davenport College. The College surrounds a fair-sized grass courtyard, and is located between Park and York Streets in New Haven, CT. 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Harvard Colleges residential houses and Yales residential colleges have established sisterly relationships, much like the Oxbridge sister colleges. ... The sky-blue bell tower of Lowell House Lowell House is one of the twelve undergraduate residential houses at Harvard University for sophomores, juniors, and seniors. ... Yale redirects here. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Davenport College (colloquially often referred to as Dport) is one of the twelve residential colleges of Yale University. ...

Pierson has been traditionally renowned for its thriving social life and had the reputation of trailing in Yale academic rankings. In 2004, however, the College was awarded the Gimble Cup for highest average GPA at Yale. More recently, the reputed social life of the College has dwindled as a result of efforts by the new academic dean Amerigo Fabbri. In light of new Connecticut alcohol laws, Dean Fabbri has cracked down upon events such as Tuesday Night Club (TNC), restricting the event to Pierson seniors. The College's annual Inferno celebration on Halloween may also be similarly restricted. Another famous Pierson tradition occurs on Pierson Day when Master Harvey Goldblatt wrestles another College Master, student or other willing opponent in a wrestling ring filled with yellow jello. (The Jello used in the first match was red, and the first Master to Jello wrestle was Ivo Banac). Pierson achieved world renown in 1977, as a result of the still-famous television broadcast of its Bladderball 'victory'. Jello can refer to different things: The gelatin dessert Jell-O (see Jelly) The Jello compiler Jello Biafra Green Jello the comedy heavy metal band (sued and later changed name to Green Jelly) The Jello Belt, a colloquial geographical term in American English that references a cliché Mormon overfondness for... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Bladderball was a game traditionally played by students of Yale University, between 1954 and 1982. ...

Among the traditions and activities for which Pierson is known is the Pierson Press, one of the most active of Yale's many traditional letterpress print shops. It was founded over half a century ago and nurtured by a succession of Pierson Masters including John Hersey, Quincy Porter, Gaddis Smith and current Master Harvey Goldblatt. The Press for many years was located in a converted squash court in Pierson Tower, designed by Charles Moore of the Yale School of Architecture. During the renovation of the college in 2004, the Pierson Press was relocated to enhanced facilities in the basement, where it is now co-located with the Davenport Press in a greatly expanded Book Arts Center that includes half a dozen presses, over 1000 cases of hand type, a book bindery, paper mill and more. Over 75 Pierson and Davenport students attended the college's rigorous Apprentice Course during the Fall of 2005. Letterpress printing is the oldest printing technique, in which a raised surface is inked and then pressed against a smooth substance to obtain an image in reverse. ... John Hersey, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1958 John Richard Hersey (June 17, 1914 – March 24, 1993) was an American writer and journalist. ... Gaddis Smith, the Larned professor emeritus of history at Yale University, is an expert in American foreign relations and maritime history. ...

Pierson's Fellowship, consisting of both faculty members and distinguished outside Associate Fellows, is one of the most active at Yale. The Fellows meet twice monthly during the academic year, generously support undergraduate activities in the college (including social events such as the annual Pierson Inferno at Halloween), and have counted among their number a diverse and dignified range of members, from poet Robert Frost to actor George Takei (Sulu of Star Trek fame.) Robert Frost (1941) Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet, one of the foremost of the 20th century. ... George Takei at a Sci-Fi Convention with a fan George Hosato Takei (last name is pronounced in (IPA): ) (born April 20, 1937) is an American actor. ...

As a result of its thriving social atmosphere, extensive student activities and popular Master, Pierson is considered one of the most desirable of Yale's residential colleges and tends to produce very loyal alumni.

Pierson Freshmen are housed in the slightly cramped, albeit character-building, Lanman-Wright Hall on Old Campus, along with freshmen from Saybrook College. The Old Campus is the complex of buildings at Yale University that houses incoming freshmen from 10 out of 12 Yales residential colleges. ... Saybrook College is one of the 12 residential colleges at Yale University. ...

Notable alumni

• Howard Dean, former Governor of Vermont, former presidential candidate and current Chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
  
• George Pataki, Governor of New York.
  
• Richard Brodhead, former Dean of Yale College and current President of Duke University.
  
• Tony Knowles, former Governor of Alaska.
  
• Gene Siskel, Film Critic
  
• Paul Giamatti, Actor.
  
• Jeffrey Bewkes, President and COO of Time Warner
• Jeffrey Loria, former Managing Partner of the Montreal Expos and current owner of the Florida Marlins
• Ben Ofori-Okai, leading New Haven restaurateur.
  

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External link

• Pierson College, Yale