I.B   The Yale Corporation

Yale's Charter provides that the final authority in the "government, care and management" of the University is the Yale Corporation, a body of nineteen Fellows consisting of the President of the University, who presides at all meetings, the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of the state of Connecticut, ex officiis, ten Fellows who are the "Successors of the Original Trustees" and who may serve for two successive terms of six years, and six Alumni Fellows, one elected each year by the graduates to serve for six years. Upon recommendation of the President in special circumstances a Successor Trustee may be elected to an additional term of up to three years. Alumni Fellows are eligible for appointment as Successor Trustees. Meetings of the Corporation are held regularly during the academic year.