1980s

1982

Laurie Rutenberg joins staff as the first rabbi serving as Assistant University Chaplain at Yale in 1982.

1985

John Vannorsdall retires as University Chaplain, and Henry Baker Adams becomes interim chaplain.

1986

After a semester as interim university chaplain, Henry Baker Adams becomes the fifth university chaplain of Yale. Adams graduated from Yale College in 1947 and Yale Divinity School in 1951, where he served in various academic capacities beginning in 1956. He last served as the Associate Dean of the Divinity School from 1965-1986, before serving as chaplain. While Chaplain, Adams was the Master of Trumbull College from 1987-1997, and later served as the acting Master of Saybrook from 1998-1999. 

1987

Claudia Highbaugh is hired as associate chaplain, becoming the first Black chaplain at Yale.

First self-identified Zoroastrian student matriculates at Yale college.

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