Yale Celebrates 150th Anniversary of First African American Graduate

Curtis Patton Yale will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the graduation of Cortlandt Van Rensselaer Creed, M.D., the first African American student to graduate from Yale, on June 1 and 2, beginning with a reception at the New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Avenue. In 1857, Creed became the first African American to be awarded any degree by Yale when he received an M.D. from the School of Medicine.