Yale community shares words of gratitude for veterans

    We asked members of the Yale community to share words of gratitude in honor of Veterans Day.

    Name Department Words of gratitude
    Laura J Miller IM - Cardiology For all that you have endured, thank you so much for fighting for our freedom and being our heroes!!
    Susan Beach Chemistry My sincere thank you for your service!
    Carol Lyons Emerging Infections Program: School of Public Health Thank you Dad for your service.
    Maura Turner East Asian Languages and Literatures I am very grateful for what our veterans have done for our country.
    Patti Cavaliere General Internal Medicine Sadly, it wasn’t until I watched recent PBS VietNam documentary that I realized just how much we owe to our veterans.Thank you.
    Maria Rao Applied Physics I wish a Happy Veterans day to my husband, Ralph Rao, retired Command Master Chief in the Navy after 32 years in service!
    Tom Krattenmaker Yale Divinity School Thank you for serving your country!
    Jacqueline Gaetano Custodial Services Facilities, OPS To all who served our country, thank you so much for your dedication, sacrifice, and love for our USA. Prayers of love to you.
    Kathleen Rizzo Account Assistant Yale Medical Group I am deeply indebted to all of our soldiers for the sacrifices they make so that I may live freely in this beautiful country.
    Jennifer Atchley Center for Teaching & Learning Thank you for your service!
    Tanisha Hill G.I and Bariatric Surgery Thanks for serving and may God continue to bless you.
    John Poitras Yale Printing and Publishing My thanks to the brave men and women who protect our country and all the freedoms it affords us.
    Marianne Lyden European Studies Thank you. You’re not just “doing your job” you’re living your values and working for the rest of us. I pray you stay safe.
    Barbara Johnson Yale Cancer Center Thank you all for your service. Without your sacrifices, we would not have the opportunitiues that we have today.
    Lauren Langford Office of Development Our country and our community would not be the incredible places they are without your myriad gifts. Thank you for all you do!
    Carol McGrath Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE) Your bravery, sacrifice, and resolve is forever appreciated.
    Luis Serrano Yale School Of Drama Digital Technology From one Veteran to another, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!
    Jessica Newkirk YSM-Neurology To my father, Donell Newkirk Sr., who is a U.S. Marine, and to all others who have served. Thank you for your service!
    Kimberly Barrow Yale School of Management Finance & Administration You are never forgotten! Thank you for your courage, service, and resilience. Thank you for all that you do to keep us safe!
    Ann Minton Anthropology I am truly touched by your dedication to our country. There is nothing else quite like it. I salute you for your service.
    Jack Beecher Office of the Provost Thanks to all who provide service to our veterans who now need support—THANK YOU!
    Mindy and Dwight Smith Undergraduate, Law School, International Relations Remembering Fletcher Wood 07, WWII with the Army Corps of Engineers on Corregidor, died as a POW of Japan
    Jonathan Green Yale-China Association I’ll be thinking of my uncle, William Herschell Green, a Marine who was killed in Quang Nam Province, Vietman, on
    June 8, 1969.
    Joy Grabow Department of Emergency Medicine - Yale Center for Medical Simulation Thank you for keeping America safe.  You are all true heroes!
    Barbara Withington Registrar’s Office Thank You For Your Service.
    Risa Sodi Yale College Dean’s Office I’m grateful for the many ways the veterans in the Eli Whitney Students Program enrich undergraduate life at Yale.
    Cynthia Bergman Yale Medicine - Ambulatory Operations Thank you for being brave in the face of uncertainty. America’s Armed Services— the best of the best!
    Tanya Colon Child Study Center Your actions and committment to your country do not go unnoticed!
    Erin MacDonnell Child Study Center Thank you so very much for your sacrifice to give us the freedoms we enjoy today. I admire you greatly.
    Lisa Kimmel Being Well at Yale We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude. Thank you for your bravery and service.
    Kimberly Miniter Human Research Protection Program Thank you to all the Veterans for their sacrifice and service; without them, our freedom would not be possible. God bless!
    Olga Rivera OCR THANK YOU FOR SERVING & PROTECTING OUR COUNTRY.
    Theresa Pierson Business Operations: FAS THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!!!
    Marietta ITS Your service is so appreciated!  Simple words cannot express enough to thank you for our freedom!
    Marybeth Bean The Center for Science & Social Science Information Because of your sacrifices, we sleep well. Thank you for all that you’ve given for our peace and prosperity.
    Harley J Pretty Information Technology Services Thank you to all our veterans for their selfless commitment to country and military service. We do us proud!
    Paul Tinker Hospitality You are the best of us all; thank you all for everything we have; god bless you and yours.
    Lauren Gonzalez Sociology Thank you for your service!
    Diane Napert Library I am grateful for your service.
    Albert A. L. Hockaday,  Chaplain, Colonel, United States Air Force, Retired Yale University  - ‘65STM, ‘64MDIV Thank you, my fellow veterans for your service! You counted not your lives dear unto yourselves!
    Joey Clingerman School of Public Health THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICE TO SERVE THIS COUNTRY FOR THE PROTECTION OF OUR COUNTRY AND TO DEFEAT THE TYRANNIES OF EVIL
    Paul V.  Applegarth Yale 1968 Thanks to all of you who served.
    Susan Hacking Graduate School Thanks for your service and sacrifice.