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Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, Puritan clergyman John Harvard , it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States.
The list of Harvard University alumni includes notable graduates, professors, and administrators affiliated with Harvard University. For a list of notable non-graduates of Harvard, see notable non-graduate alumni of Harvard. For a list of Harvard's presidents, see President of Harvard University. Eight Presidents of the United States have graduated from Harvard University: John Adams, John ...
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The president plays an important part in university-wide planning and strategy. Each names a faculty's dean (and, since the foundation of the office in 1994, the university's provost), and grants tenureto recommended professors. However, the president is expected to make such decisions after extensive consultation with faculty members. Recently, ho...
Harvard presidents have traditionally influenced educational practices nationwide. Charles W. Eliot, for example, originated America's familiar system of a smorgasbord of elective courses available to each student; James B. Conant worked to introduce standardized testing; Derek Bok and Neil L. Rudenstineargued for the continued importance of divers...
At Harvard's founding it was headed by a "schoolmaster", Nathaniel Eaton. In 1640, when Henry Dunster was brought in, he adopted the title of president. Since Harvard was founded for the training of Puritanclergy, and even though its mission was soon broadened, nearly all presidents through the end of the 18th century were in holy orders. All presi...
The John E Mack Institute. John Edward Mack (October 4, 1929 – September 27, 2004) was an American psychiatrist, writer, and professor of psychiatry. He served as the head of the department of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School from 1977 to 2004. In 1977, Mack won the Pulitzer Prize for his book A Prince of Our Disorder on T.E. Lawrence.
This category is for people connected with Harvard. Since alumni (which for Wikipedia purposes is interpreted to be anyone who studied at an institution, whether or not they graduated), faculty and staff are separately delineated, the most common reasons people are not separately delineated is if they served on an advisory board of some sort or ...
Since its founding in 1636, Harvard has created an enduring history of educational advancement, innovative leadership, and groundbreaking scholarly work.
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Historical listings and biographies of the Presidents of Harvard University, from Henry Dunster to present day.
