| Drew Gilpin Faust | |
| 28th President of Harvard University |
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| Term | July 1, 2007 – Present |
| Predecessor | Derek Bok |
| Born | September 18, 1947 |
| Alma mater | Bryn Mawr College University of Pennsylvania |
| Residence | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Profession | Professor |
| Spouse | Charles E. Rosenberg |
| Website: Office of the President | |
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Early life and career
Faust was born in New York City and raised in Clarke County, Virginia, in the Shenandoah Valley. Clarke County is the name of five counties in the United States Clarke County Alabama Clarke County Georgia Clarke The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state The Shenandoah Valley region of western Virginia and West Virginia is bounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains to the east and the Appalachian [1] She is the daughter of Catharine Mellick and McGhee Tyson Gilpin. Faust comes from a well-connected family of business and political leaders. [4] Her great-grandfather, Lawrence Tyson, was a U. Lawrence Tyson ( July 4, 1861 &ndash August 24, 1929) was a Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee S. Senator from Tennessee during the 1920s.
Graduating from Concord Academy, Concord, Massachusetts in 1964, Faust earned her B. Concord Academy is an independent College preparatory school for grades 9 through 12 located in Concord Massachusetts. Concord is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in the United States. A. from Bryn Mawr College, A.M. and Ph.D. in American Civilization at the University of Pennsylvania in 1975. Bryn Mawr College ( brin-mar is a highly selective women's liberal arts college located in Bryn Mawr, a community in Lower Merion A Master of Arts ( Latin: Magister Artium) is a Postgraduate academic Master's degree awarded by universities in a large "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn) is a private University located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. In the same year, she joined the Penn faculty as assistant professor of American civilization. The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn) is a private University located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Based on her research and teaching, she rose to Walter Annenberg Professor of History. Walter Hubert Annenberg ( March 13, 1908 – October 1, 2002) was an American billionaire publisher, philanthropist A specialist in the history of the South in the antebellum period and Civil War, Faust developed new perspectives in intellectual history of the antebellum South and in the changing roles of women during the Civil War. " Antebellum " is an expression derived from Latin that means "before war" ( ante, "before" and bellum Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South She is the author of five books, most notably Mothers of Invention: Women of the Slaveholding South in the American Civil War, for which she won the Society of American Historians Francis Parkman Prize in 1997.
In 2001, Faust was appointed the first dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, the successor to Radcliffe College. Radcliffe College was a women's liberal arts college in Cambridge Massachusetts, and was the Coordinate college for Harvard University [1]
Faust is a trustee of Bryn Mawr College, the Andrew Mellon Foundation, and the National Humanities Center. Bryn Mawr College ( brin-mar is a highly selective women's liberal arts college located in Bryn Mawr, a community in Lower Merion The Andrew W Mellon Foundation of New York City and Princeton New Jersey in the United States, is a Private foundation with five core areas The National Humanities Center is an independent institute for advanced study in the humanities She serves on the educational advisory board of the Guggenheim Foundation. She is divorced from her first husband, Stephen Faust and is married to Charles E. Rosenberg, a historian of medicine also at Harvard. Charles E Rosenberg (born November 11, 1936) is an American Professor of the History of Science and the Ernest E
Appointment as President of Harvard University
On June 30, 2006, then-President of Harvard Lawrence H. Summers resigned after a whirlwind of controversies (stemming partially from comments he made on a possible correlation between gender and success in certain academic fields). Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Lawrence Henry "Larry" Summers (born November 30, 1954) is an American Economist and academic Lawrence Henry "Larry" Summers (born November 30, 1954) is an American Economist and academic Derek Bok, who had served as President of Harvard from 1971–1991, returned to serve as an interim president until a permanent replacement could be found. Derek Curtis Bok (born March 22, 1930) is an American lawyer and educator and the former president of Harvard University.
On 8 February, 2007, The Harvard Crimson announced that Faust had been selected as the next president. The Harvard Crimson, the daily Student newspaper of Harvard University, was founded in 1873 [1] Following formal approval by the university's governing boards, her appointment was made official three days later. [2]
During a campus news conference on campus Faust stated, "I hope that my own appointment can be one symbol of an opening of opportunities that would have been inconceivable even a generation ago". But she also added, "I'm not the woman president of Harvard, I'm the president of Harvard. "[3]
On October 12, 2007, Faust took her installation address as the president of Harvard at Cambridge, Mass. Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. In the inauguration, she said "a university is not about results in the next quarter; it is not even about who a student has become by graduation. It is about learning that molds a lifetime, learning that transmits the heritage of millennia; learning that shapes the future. " [3]
Personal life
Faust was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1988. Breast cancer is a Cancer that starts in the cells of the Breast in women and men She has declined to speak with the media about her diagnosis or treatment. [5]
Honors
- Faust was named a member of the Time 100 for 2007. The Time 100 is an annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world as assembled by Time.
- Faust was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Human Letters from Bowdoin College in May 2007. Bowdoin College, founded in 1794 is a private liberal arts college located in the coastal New England town of Brunswick, Maine.
- Faust was awarded an honorary Doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania in May 2008.
- Faust was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humanities from Yale University in May 2008. [6]
Selected works
- This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War (Knopf, 2008) ISBN 978-0375404047
- Mothers of Invention: Women of the Slaveholding South in the American Civil War (University of North Carolina Press, 1996) ISBN 978-0807855737
- Southern Stories: Slaveholders in Peace and War (University of Missouri Press, 1992) ISBN 978-0826209757
- The Creation of Confederate Nationalism: Ideology and Identity in the Civil War South (Louisiana State University Press, 1982) ISBN 978-0807116067
- James Henry Hammond and the Old South: A Design for Mastery (Louisiana State University Press, 1982) ISBN 978-0807112489
- A Sacred Circle: The Dilemma of the Intellectual in the Old South, 1840-1860 (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1977) ISBN 978-0812212297
References
- ^ a b c Rimer, Sara (2007-02-12). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the A ‘Rebellious Daughter’ to Lead Harvard. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2007-02-17. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori
- ^ Crimson News Staff (2007-02-08). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Faust Expected To Be Named President This Weekend. The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved on 2007-02-09. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
- ^ a b Alderman, Jesse Harlan (2007-02-11). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Harvard names 1st woman president. The Boston Globe. Retrieved on 2007-02-11. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
- ^ a b Maria Sacchetti and, Marcella Bombardieri (2007-02-12). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Champagne, cheers flow at Harvard. The Boston Globe. Retrieved on 2007-02-12. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the
- ^ Maria Sacchetti and, Marcella Bombardieri (2007-02-27). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation In Faust, early bold streak. The Boston Globe. The Boston Globe (and Boston Sunday Globe) is the most widely circulated daily Newspaper in Boston and in New England, Retrieved on 2007-09-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians
- ^ Mary E. O'Leary, "Yale graduates 3,100 under sunny skies", New Haven Register, May 27, 2008. The New Haven Register is a daily Newspaper published in New Haven Connecticut.
External links
- Official website - Harvard University
- Drew Gilpin Faust ’68 to Lead Harvard - Bryn Mawr College
- The Search for Harvard's Next Leader: The inside story on how the Corporation's second choice became the next president of Harvard. - 02138
- First Female Harvard President Discusses Priorities and Goals - The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
- Harvard's Faust: Boundaries Remain for Women - NPR
- Steve and Cokie Roberts: A lesson from Harvard's new president editorial by Cokie Roberts and Steven V. Roberts
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| Preceded by Derek Bok |
President of Harvard University 1 July 2007 - present |
Succeeded by N/A (incumbent) |
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