Richard Senecal
Yale alumnus who recounts his freshman orientation experience in 1965, including participation in posture and fitness evaluations used as part of campus physical assessments.
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Mar 11, 2026 • 36min
Naked Orientation: When Yale Freshmen Were Photographed Nude
Dr. Beth Linker, historian of posture and public health, and Richard Senecal, a Yale freshman from 1965, recount a startling campus practice. They explore nude posture photography at orientation, its roots in health and Cold War fitness culture, how universities collected and later destroyed the images, and the shifting privacy norms that ended the practice.
