New Haven alma mater of five presidents

I believe the answer is:

yale

(Other definitions for yale that I've seen before include "security device" , "American university or kind of lock" , "US university; lock" , "Famous American university in Connecticut" , "US Ivy League university" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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