| Jun 30 1985 | A. Bartlett Giamatti announced his resignation as president effective June 30, 1986. |
| Sep 20 1986 | Benno C. Schmidt (B.A. 1963 and L.L.B. 1966) inaugurated as twentieth president. |
| Sep 7 1988 | Arson fire leveled anti-apartheid shanties on Beinecke Plaza erected to demand divestment of funds in South Africa by the Yale Corporation. |
| Sep 28 1988 | School of Organization and Management students protested curriculum changes after appointment of Professor Michael Levine as dean. |
| Nov 9 1988 | George Herbert Walker Bush (B.A. 1948) elected as 41st President of the United States. |
| May 10 1989 | Maya Lin (B.A. 1981, M.Arch 1986, D.F.A.H. 1987) commissioned to create a sculpture commemorating two decades of women at Yale. "Women's Table" sculpture dedicated on October 2, 1993. |
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