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November 8, 2002|Volume 31, Number 10



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Edward James Olmos



Actor and activist is honored as a Chubb Fellow

Actor, producer, director and social activist Edward James Olmos will deliver the first Chubb Lecture of the 2002-2003 academic year on Friday, Nov. 15, at 4:30 p.m. in the Luce Hall auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Ave.

A reception will follow the talk, which is free and open to the public.

Olmos, who was born and raised in east Los Angeles, is being honored as a Chubb Fellow for his social activism as well as his theatrical and film career.

A veteran of the stage, Olmos earned a Tony Award nomination for his performance in the 1978 drama/musical "Zoot Suit." He later recreated the role for film and went on that year to star in "Wolfen," "Blade Runner" and "The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez," directed by Robert M. Young. Since 1975, he has appeared in almost 40 films.

Olmos received the L.A. Drama Circle Award, an Emmy and three Emmy nominations, and two Golden Globe awards. In 1988, he was nominated for an Academy Award for his portrayal of dedicated math teacher Jaime Escalante in "Stand and Deliver," which Olmos also produced. Most recently, he received the PASS Award from the National Council on Crime and Delinquency for producing the documentary "It Ain't Love," about the problem of domestic violence.

In 1992, Olmos directed and starred in "American Me," a film about rising street crime in the Los Angeles barrio where he grew up. "American Me" presented the brutal story of a gang member's life in and out of prison.

"The film is not for one race, one subculture, one age range," Olmos told Jack Kroll in Newsweek. "Gangs teach a distorted discipline, a distorted familial bonding, a distorted sense of pride and power."

In 1999, in cooperation with the Smithsonian Institution, Olmos produced and co-edited the Americanos project, which included a five-year national museum tour, a feature documentary, a book of photographs and text about the Latino community across America, a compact disc and a PBS "Great Performances" concert live from the Kennedy Center.

He is the executive director of the Lives in Hazard Educational Project, a national gang prevention program funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, which was cited by former Attorney General Janet Reno and President Bill Clinton as one of the foremost programs of its kind. Olmos is also executive director of the "It Ain't Love" anti-domestic violence program, which produced the aforementioned documentary.

In 2001, Olmos was arrested in Vieques, Puerto Rico, by U.S. Navy officials for participating in a protest of the naval training exercises held there. He spent 19 days in a federal detention center on the main island. Following the protest, the Navy relinquished 8,148 acres as part of an agreement reached between the White House and Puerto Rico.

The Chubb Fellowship is devoted to encouraging and aiding Yale students interested in the operations of government, culture and public service. Established in 1936 through the generosity of Hendon Chubb (Yale 1895), the program is based in Timothy Dwight College. Each year three or four distinguished men and women have been appointed as visiting Chubb Fellows. Chubb Fellows spend their time at Yale in close, informal contact with students and deliver a public lecture. Among former Chubb Fellows have been presidents George H.W. Bush, Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter; authors Octavio Paz and Toni Morrison; Environmental Protection Agency administrator Christine Todd Whitman; musician Eddie Palmieri; and journalist Walter Cronkite.


T H I SW E E K ' SS T O R I E S

Yale gets archives of noted architect Eero Saarinen

Grant supports undergraduate, outreach science programs

Book of short stories by law student nominated for National Book Award

Lights! Camera! Action! Yale serves as locale for major motion picture

Yale partners to create a statewide bioterrorism plan

Junior faculty members awarded research fellowships

Actor and activist is honored as a Chubb Fellow

Noted architecture critic to give Poynter Lecture

Yale study shows that a commonly used heart medication . . .

American Physical Society honors Pierre Hohenberg

SCHOOL OF NURSING NEWS

'Taste and Beauty' showcases art collector's sculptures

Proceeds from students' auction will help fight hunger . . .

Yale will host annual intercollegiate mock trial competition

Alexander Garvin to speak about the future of the World Trade Center site

Workshop will offer information on funding to small-business owners

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