Fellows of Jonathan Edwards

David Hafler

Bio:

David Hafler, William S. and Lois Stiles Edgerly Professor of Neurology and Professor Immunobiology, loves to kayak in the Long Island Sound, go for runs, and to pontificate on how we should train the next cadre of physician scientists. He decided early in his career (college) to make the understanding of multiple sclerosis as a life passion, and during this adventure became a clinical neurologist, immunologist, and geneticist. After spending 28 years at Harvard, he with great joy a number of years ago moved to Yale with his wife Janet (see her blurb), a Medical Educator. While he is the Breakstone Professor Emeritus at Harvard, he always sits on the Yale side at “The Game”. They have two wonderful children, Brian, an MD/PhD graduate and research ophthalmologist and Jason, a PhD in Genetics graduate involved in venture capital. You can reach him at david.hafler@yale.edu.

Gary L. Haller

Bio:

Gary L. Haller is Henry Prentiss Becton Emeritus Professor of Engineering and Applied Science. He received his PhD in Physical Chemistry in 1966 from Northwestern University and after a post-doctoral year at Oxford University, was a member of the Yale faculty 1967-2015.  At Yale, he served as Departmental Chair, Chair of the Council of Engineering, Deputy Provost for Engineering and Physical Sciences, and Master of the Jonathan Edwards College. He is currently Director of the Henry Koerner Center for Emeritus Faculty at Yale.

Professor Haller has held several visiting positions including Oxford University, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, Universidad del Sur, Argentina (United Nations consultant), University of Edinburgh, Technical University of Münich (current), New York University, and the National Bureau of Standards.  He was editor of the Journal of Catalysis and a member of several editorial boards, including that of the Yale Alumni Magazine. He has been an active industrial consultant for more than 15 companies and is author or co-author of more than 250 publications, one book and eight industrial patents.

Donald J. Hannan lll

Bio:

Donald J. Hannan lll is currently a Partner at the Atwood Group, a Wealth Management team at Merrill Lynch’s Private Bank in Boston. Before joining  Merrill lynch, Don worked at East Coast Asset Management and Saturn Asset , a New England based venture capital firm .Prior to his Financial Services career, Don served for twenty years as an ordained Episcopal Priest, after graduating from Yale Divinity School , spending the majority of his ministry in Connecticut. His not for profit interests Included being Board Chairman of Big Brothers/Big Sisters  and Board member of the American Red Cross. Today he continues to serve on Harvard Medical Schools Global Advisory council and also on the National Leadership Council for the University of Arizona.  He has three Children, Tully Robinson, Emily Wynne and Parley Eastwood and lives with his companion Rosanne Thomas on Beacon Hill.

Theresa Fairbanks Harris

Bio:

Theresa Fairbanks Harris is the Senior Conservator, Works on Paper for the two Yale Art Museums.  She has a BA from Yale College and was a student in Jonathan Edwards.  She has a Masters in Science in Conservation from the University of Delaware Winterthur Conservation Program. Fairbanks Harris is an expert in paper history, art, and artist’s materials.  She has researched, published, lectured and taught about paper for over 40 years.  Her extensive employment experience in this discipline includes work as conservator and teacher in Conservation departments at Yale University and the Yale University Art Museums since 1982, the Smithsonian from 1981-1982, Harvard from 1980-1981, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Yale Rare Book Conservation Lab for Libraries from 1974-75.  She has taught since 1983 in Yale University departments of: History of Art, Fine Arts and more recently for the Paleography and Music Departments. She lectures on paper and artist’s materials nationally and internationally.