From the Archives
A Yale Club gathering honoring journalism, advocacy, literature and musical theater.
The 2008 Honorees
Journalist & Author
New York native Dan Barry began his journalism career in 1983 and shared a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting on Rhode Island’s court system.
He joined The New York Times in 1995, wrote the About New York column and published the collection City Lights.
Religious Sister, Author & Advocate
Sister Helen Prejean began prison ministry in 1981 as spiritual companion to a convicted murderer, an experience that led to her book Dead Man Walking.
Her advocacy has addressed the death penalty, wrongful executions and support for both prisoners and the families of murder victims.
Author & Educator
Reynolds Price taught at Duke University and published more than thirty books across fiction, memoir, poetry, essays and reflections on faith.
His honors included the William Faulkner Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Composer, Author & Screenwriter
Mary Rodgers composed the Broadway musical Once Upon a Mattress and wrote the award-winning children’s novel Freaky Friday.
She also served as chairman emeritus of the Juilliard School and represented the Rodgers family within the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization.
