After graduating from Yale University and Harvard Law School, DeSantis joined the U.S. Navy in 2004 and was promoted to lieutenant before serving as a legal advisor to SEAL Team One. He was stationed at Joint Task Force Guantanamo in 2006 and was deployed to Iraq in 2007.

Feb 27, 2023 · DeSantis worried when running for Congress that his Ivy league degrees would work against him. He went to Yale and Harvard, but said he felt out of place. DeSantis makes the comments in his...

Nov 15, 2022 · Last week, Ron DeSantis was reelected governor of Florida. But did you know that he once was a star baseball player at Yale College, from 1998 through 2001? Or that he played in the Little...

Nov 27, 2023 · Throughout his campaign, DeSantis has criticized Yale. In his 2023 memoir, he described surviving “years of indoctrination” among prep-school elites during his time as an Ivy League student.

His father took immense pride in DeSantis’s admission to Yale, marking it as a significant achievement. But DeSantis harbored reservations about his "elite" education.

Aug 20, 2023 · A fellow Yale secret society member said Ron DeSantis rolled his eyes when she talked about her upbringing as a Hispanic girl in Texas: 'It was like I wasn't worth listening to'

Jan 25, 2024 · Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ’01 announced his decision to suspend his campaign for president earlier this week, leaving Donald Trump and Nikki Haley as the two major candidates in the Republican field. The News spoke with students and faculty across the political spectrum to gauge their reactions to the news.

Mar 2, 2023 · In “The Courage to be Free,” Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says his Yale degree was a “Scarlet Letter” in political life. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' new book sits on a shelf at Barnes...

Aug 20, 2023 · Over the years, Mr. DeSantis embraced and exploited his Ivy League credentials. Now he is reframing his experiences at Yale and Harvard to wage a vengeful political war.

Oct 16, 2023 · Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is getting a boost from his former Yale University classmates, Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity brothers and college baseball buddies who are leveraging their...