James Pierpont (Roxbury, Massachusetts, January 4, 1659 Ð November 22, 1714, New Haven, Connecticut) was a Congregationalist minister who is credited with the founding of Yale University in the United States. In 1701, Pierpont, a graduate of The Roxbury Latin School and Harvard University, secured the charter for The Collegiate School of Connecticut, which soon thereafter took the surname of its benefactor Elihu Yale. (Wikipedia)
Char and Michael Hoge tour Yale on a guided tour.