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Catharine Drew Gilpin Faust (born September 18, 1947) is an American historian who served as the 28th president of Harvard University, the first woman in that role. She was Harvard's first president since 1672 without an undergraduate or graduate degree from Harvard and the first to have been raised in the South.
Drew Gilpin Faust, President Emerita of Harvard University and the Arthur Kingsley Porter University Research Professor Photo: Harvard’s commencement on May 24, 2018
Aug 16, 2023 · In “Necessary Trouble,” Drew Gilpin Faust, Harvard’s former leader, wrestles with her conservative Southern upbringing, and the unfinished business of the Civil War.
Drew Gilpin Faust is President Emerita of Harvard University and the Arthur Kingsley Porter University Professor. As president of Harvard from 2007 to 2018, Faust expanded financial aid to improve access to Harvard College for students of all economic backgrounds and advocated for increased federal funding for scientific research.
Apr 30, 2024 · Drew Gilpin Faust, American educator and historian who was the first female president of Harvard University (2007–18). She frequently wrote about the American Civil War, and her books included This Republic of Suffering (2008). Learn more about Faust’s life and career.
Aug 17, 2023 · Drew Gilpin Faust's memoir, "Necessary Trouble," documents how a privileged Virginia girl became a civil rights activist, historian and Harvard president.
Aug 22, 2023 · Drew Gilpin Faust is known as a historian, a civil rights activist and the first woman president of Harvard — but she was groomed to become a proper Southern lady.
Drew Gilpin Faust is President Emerita of Harvard University and the Arthur Kingsley Porter University Professor. As president of Harvard from 2007 to 2018, Faust expanded financial aid to improve access to Harvard College for students of all economic backgrounds and advocated for increased federal funding for scientific research.
Drew Gilpin Faust is the Arthur Kingsley Porter University Research Professor at Harvard, where she served as president from 2007-2018. Faust previously served as founding dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study (2001-2007).
May 21, 2024 · Drew Gilpin Faust, President Emerita, 2024 Phi Beta Kappa Oration—“Free and Brave”: Defending Universities and the Rule of Truth Detailing how “American higher education is imperiled,” Harvard’s president emerita urges student scholars to champion its “promise and purposes.”
