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The Eliot House cupola, from JFK park
The Eliot House cupola, from JFK park

Eliot House is one of twelve residential houses for upperclassmen at Harvard University. Opened in 1931, the house was named after Charles William Eliot, who served as president of the university for forty years (1869-1909). Charles William Eliot ( March 20 1834 &ndash August 22 1926) was an American Academic who was selected as Harvard's The architectural style of Eliot House is typical of Harvard, with red brick construction and vertical entryways with residential rooms branching directly off stairwells. The term architecture (from Greek αρχιτεκτονικήarchitektoniki) can be used to mean a process a profession or documentation The House's cupola was modelled after the dome of New York City Hall. In Architecture, a cupola or lantern is a radially symmetrical ornamental structure (often dome-shaped or quadrilateral located on top of a larger New York City Hall is located at the center of City Hall Park in the Civic Center section of Lower Manhattan between Broadway, Park Row and

The current Masters of Eliot House are Professor Lino Pertile and his wife Anna Bensted. Lino Pertile (born 1940) is an Italian linguist Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University and the current House Master of

Famous former residents of the house include Leonard Bernstein, Peter Benchley, Benazir Bhutto, Ben Bradlee, Archibald Cox, John Harbison, Ted Kaczynski, William Kristol, Richard Leacock, Joseph Lelyveld, Jack Lemmon, Thomas Oliphant, George Plimpton, and Jay Rockefeller. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes Peter Bradford Benchley ( May 8, 1940 -11 February 2006 was an American author best known for writing the novel Jaws and co-writing the Benazir Bhutto ( Sindhi: بينظير ڀٽو Urdu: بینظیر بھٹو beːnəziːɾ bɦʊʈːoː (21 June 1953 &ndash 27 December 2007 was a Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee (born August 26, 1921) is the vice president of The Washington Post. Archibald Cox Jr, ( May 17, 1912 &ndash May 29, 2004) was an American Lawyer who served as U John Harris Harbison (born December 20, 1938 in Orange New Jersey) is a Composer, best known for his Operas William Kristol (born December 23, 1952 in New York City) is an American political analyst and commentator Richard Leacock (born 18 July 1921 London) is a Documentary film director and one of the pioneers of Direct Cinema. Joseph Lelyveld (born April 5, 1937) was executive editor of the New York Times from 1994 to 2001 is a Pulitzer Prize -wining journalist John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8 1925 &ndash June 27 2001 was an American Actor known principally for his comedic roles Thomas Oliphant is an American Columnist who has written for the Boston Globe since 1968 George Ames Plimpton ( March 18, 1927 &ndash September 25, 2003) was an American Journalist, Writer, John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV (born June 18, 1937) generally known as Jay Rockefeller, has served as a Democratic U

In 1951, roommates of Eliot House A-12 included Paul Matisse, grandson of French impressionist Henri Matisse, Stephen Joyce, grandson of novelist James Joyce, and Sadruddin Aga Khan, lineal descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Paul Matisse (born 1933 is an artist and inventor He is known especially for his public art installations many of which are interactive Henri Matisse (31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954 was a French Artist, known for his use of Colour and his fluid brilliant and original draughtsmanship Stephen James Joyce (born 16th February 1932 is the grandson of James Joyce and the controversial Executor of Joyce's estate James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 &ndash 13 January 1941 was an Irish expatriate writer widely considered to be one of the most influential writers of the Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, KBE ( صدرالّدين آغا خان,) (17 January 1933 &ndash 12 May 2003 served as United Nations High Commissioner Muslims regard as Prophets of Islam ( Arabic: نبي) those non-divine humans chosen by Allah as Prophets IMPORTANT PLEASE READ ##### For all questions relating to the addition of (pbuh peace be upon him or other honorifics This caused master John Finley to brag to the New York Times, "where else would you find, in one room, the grandson of Matisse, the grandson of Joyce, and the great-great-great-great-grandson of God?"[1]

Before Harvard opted to use a lottery system to assign residences to upperclassmen, Eliot was known as a 'prep' house, providing accommodation to the university's social elite. Vestiges of this remain in traditions like the spring formal, the Eliot Fête, and the house remains especially well-endowed, although Harvard no longer permits donors to fund individual houses.

Movie Appearance

Eliot's prominent bell tower is featured in many films including:

Eliot House is also featured prominently in the movie Love Story. Chasing Liberty is a 2004 Romantic comedy about the American President 's daughter Amanda Leigh "Mandy" Moore (born April 10 1984 is an American pop Singer, Songwriter, Actor, and Fashion designer EuroTrip is a 2004 American Comedy film produced by the same people as Road Trip and Old School Love Story is a 1970 Romantic drama film written by Erich Segal coordinated with his 1970 best-selling novel.

References

  1. ^ Pure Fabrications (May-June 2002)

External links

Coordinates: 42°22′13″N 71°07′15″W / 42.37022, -71.12082

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