Flashback : Yale So Proud of Theoretician of Slavery They Named A Building After Him

Yale Slavery reports on Yale graduate John C. Calhoun :

Calhoun was not merely a farmer. He rose to hold a position preeminent among the politicians of his era. He was elected to Congress in 1811, a mere seven years after graduating from Yale. Appointed U.S. Secretary of War from 1817-1825, he was then elected U.S. Vice President, where he served two terms under two different presidents, until 1832. He then served as Senator from 1832-43, as U.S. Secretary of State from 1844-45, and went back into the Senate from 1845-1850. Calhoun occupied national political office in this country for almost 40 years, wielding enormous political influence on the preservation of slavery. From these offices, he explained why he thought slavery was great and why he thought the democratic idea of universal equality was wrong.

In 1930, Yale University decided that one of its residential colleges should be named "Calhoun College," in honor of this man. When Yale University built Harkness Tower in the 1930s, Calhoun's statue was installed as one of the eight Yale graduate "Worthies" of honor.

John C. Calhoun, a Democrat party member in good standing like many tenured professors at Yale.