From the Archives
A Yale Club evening honoring comedy, theater, literature, advocacy and a lifetime in the visual arts.
The 2010 Honorees
Satirist, Author & Performer
Stephen Colbert developed his comic voice through improvisational theater and television before joining The Daily Show in 1997.
The character he created there led to The Colbert Report, along with Emmy and Grammy recognition and the bestselling book I Am America (And So Can You!).
Jesuit Priest, Educator & Theater Founder
Rick Curry entered the Society of Jesus in 1961 and founded the National Theatre Workshop of the Handicapped, an international theater-arts training program for people with physical disabilities.
He also helped establish the Wounded Warriors Academy, a writing program for veterans wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, and was ordained a priest in 2009.
Model, Actress & Author
Carmen Dell’Orefice began modeling as a teenager and signed an exclusive contract with Vogue in 1946.
Her extraordinary career has included work with many of the world’s leading photographers, as well as appearances in film and television and authorship of a health and beauty book.
Author
Jhumpa Lahiri’s debut story collection, Interpreter of Maladies, received the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Hemingway Award.
Her novel The Namesake became a notable book and film, while her collection Unaccustomed Earth debuted at number one on The New York Times Book Review bestseller list.
