March 21, 2008

Tony Blair Will Teach a Seminar at Yale; an Egyptologist Goes From Chicago to Beirut; U. of Mary Washington Names New President

By AISHA LABI, ANDREW MILLS and EUGENE MCCORMACK

NEW MAN IN NEW HAVEN: The former British prime minister, Tony Blair, has added a teaching job at Yale University to his packed portfolio of postpremiership activities, which include serving as a Mideast peace envoy. As a Howland Distinguished Fellow at Yale, Mr. Blair will teach a seminar on faith and globalization. He is working with the deans of the schools of management and divinity on defining his yearlong appointment.

Yale approached the former prime minister more than a year