Changing faces at Yale

After a semester of interviewing candidates, the students in Davenport and Morse colleges finally know who their new Masters will be. This summer, the reins of Davenport College will pass from Master Gerald Thomas to Richard Schottenfeld, DC '71, MED '76, and in Morse, Frank Keil will replace Master Stanton Wheeler. University President Richard Levin, GRD '74, announced the selections earlier this week in separate dining hall appearances.

COURTESY WWW.YALE.EDU Frank Keil, a psychology professor since 1998, has been appointed Master of Morse.

Schottenfeld will bring a wealth of Yale experience to his new position. He is currently a professor of psychiatry at the School of Medicine. His wife, Tanina Rostein, LAW '87, will serve as Associate Master for Davenport. The couple has two children—Joseph, 11, and Mila, 6—who will join them in the Davenport community.

While Schottenfeld will return to the residential college where he lived as an undergraduate, Keil will have adjust to the sight of the Morse Lipstick outside his window. A professor of psychology and cognitive science, Keil is a relative newcomer to the Elm City. He and his wife, psychology Professor Krisit Lockhart, only joined the Yale faculty in 1998. Many students in Morse—including those on the search committee—were surprised by Levin's choice of Master.

For the past year, Keil has served as the director of undergraduate studies for both the psychology and cognitive science departments, but most Yalies are not yet familiar with him. Lockhart, who will be the Associate Master, is a new face, too, but has garnered praise among psychology students as the instructor for classes such as "Depression" and "Abnormal Psychology."

Despite his newness, Morse students are excited to learn about Keil. "We were all pleased with the time we spent meeting Keil and his family," Matt Vogel, MC '02, a member of the Morse search committee, said. "He seemed quite enthusiastic about intramurals—and he brings a unique perspective because his son is a sophomore [at Yale]. He learned about the residential college system first as a parent."

Keil and Lockhart's son Derek is a sophomore in Jonathan Edwards. Derek will remain a faithful member of JE, but brothers Dylan, 15, and Martin, 11, will live in Morse.

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