I fear I have been blinded for a period of years by my institutional affection and great memories from noticing what appear to be some disturbing long-term trends at Yale. The much-publicized recent campus culture issue involving hate speech vs. freedom of speech and similar matters of a quasi-political nature are only marginally related, if…
Thomas Richard Hood 123 Long Neck Point Road Darien, Connecticut 06820 hoodtr@aol.com 203-339-1063 Spouse(s): Maren R. Hood (1973) Child(ren): Philip Hood (1977); Richard Hood (1979); and Charles Hood (1983) Grandchild(ren): Amelia Hood (2012); Logan Hood (2015); and Mason Hood (2015) Education: University of Minnesota Law School, JD (1973); New York University School of Law, LLM…
Like many alums, I was mortified by the 2015 screamfest involving Nicholas Christakis, a respected professor at Yale, as memorialized on YouTube. Professor Christakis was forced to defend the public expression of an opinion by his spouse, herself a respected Yale professor, to the effect that the Yale administration had perhaps been too paternalistic in circulating a pre-Halloween memo warning against culturally-insensitive costumes. That and similar recent events on campus have offended both conservatives (many of whom believe conservative views are largely not welcome at Yale) and liberals (who support freedom of speech broadly).
THOMAS RICHARD HOOD (Tom). Born August 27, 1947 in Omaha, Nebraska, son of L. Thomas Hood and Marjorie Phyllis Johnson Hood. Attended Westside High School, Omaha, Nebraska. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. American and Far Eastern History major; Dean’s List, 1965-66 (fall-term). Resident: Branford (Branford Arts Festival, 1968; Backgammon, 1966-67, Captain, 1967). Phi Gamma Alpha, 1967;…
