“Could Hamlet have been written by a committee, or the 'Mona Lisa' painted by a club? Could the New Testament have been composed as a conference report? Creative ideas do not spring from groups. They spring from individuals. The divine spark leaps from the finger of God to the finger of Adam.”

About Alfred Whitney Griswold

Educator • American

Alfred Whitney Griswold was an influential American historian and educator who served as the 15th President of Yale University. His tenure, from 1950 until his death in 1963, was marked by a strong defense of the...