Yale alumnus Dr. Benjamin Carson, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, speaks at Yale University on Dec. 8. Yale alumnus Dr. Benjamin Carson, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, speaks at Yale University on Dec. 8. On Jan. 19, the U.S. Senate holds hearings to confirm Ben Carson as the Department of Housing and Urban Development's new secretary. As a physician, Carson had to abide by the Hippocratic Oath of ethics.
