The Fly Club is a male-only final club at Harvard University, founded in 1836. A final club (often mispronouned "finals club" is an Undergraduate social club at Harvard College.
Both the Fly and A. D. , another Harvard final club, trace their beginnings to the original Harvard chapter of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. The Split Since the 1992 split the Fraternity and the Society are completely separate and independent legal entities with separate governing bodies and are not separate or parallel The clubhouse is located at 2 Holyoke Place, near Harvard Square in the "Gold Coast" area. [1] It is situated in front of Lowell House, across Mt. Auburn St. from the Harvard Lampoon building.
The club's name was derived by combining the ph from "Alpha," the l from "Delta," and the i from "Phi," to get "phli," and pronouncing the result as "Fly. "[2]
Fly Club Gate
The Fly Club Gate is located along the exterior of Winthrop House[3], facing the Charles River. John Winthrop House is one of twelve undergraduate residences at Harvard College and home to slightly under 400 students An English Baroque structure, the gate was built in 1914 by a grant from members of the Fly Club. English Baroque is a casual term sometimes used to refer to the developments in English architecture that were parallel to the evolution of Baroque architecture in The "kitty" symbol of the Fly is centered within the ironwork above the entry, and inscribed is the following dedication: "For Friendships Made in College the Fly Club in Gratitude has Built this Gate. "[4]
Notable members
- James Bryant Conant - 26th President of Harvard University[5]
- Louis Kane - Founder of Au Bon Pain bakery and café[6]
- Fred Gwynne - played Herman Munster and co-starred in My Cousin Vinny
- Abbott Lawrence Lowell - historian, 25th President of Harvard University[7]
- Deval Patrick - Governor of Massachusetts [8]
- Jay Rockefeller - U. James Bryant Conant ( March 26, 1893 &ndash February 11, 1978) was a Chemist, educational administrator and government official The President is the chief administrator of Harvard University. Au Bon Pain ( Direct French Translation: At the Good Bread) is a fast-casual bakery/cafe chain headquartered in Boston Massachusetts Frederick Hubbard Gwynne ( July 10, 1926 &ndash July 2, 1993) was an American television and film Actor. Herman Munster 5th Earl of Shroudshire (born " Herman " alone is a Fictional character in the CBS Sitcom The Munsters Abbott Lawrence Lowell ( January 1, 1856 &ndash January 6, 1943) was a U The President is the chief administrator of Harvard University. John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV (born June 18, 1937) generally known as Jay Rockefeller, has served as a Democratic U S. Senator from West Virginia[9]
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt - 32nd President of the United States[10]
- James Roosevelt- son of Franklin Roosevelt, U. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by James Roosevelt (December 23 1907 – August 13 1991 was the oldest son of President Franklin D S. Congressman (CA)[11]
- Ernest Lawrence Thayer, author of Casey at the Bat[12]
- William Weld - Former Massachusetts Governor[13]
- Tony Lake - President Bill Clinton's National Security Advisor [14]
References
- ^ Cambridge Historical Commission (2001): City of Cambridge, Landmarks and Other Protected Properties[1]
- ^ Shand-Tucci, Douglass (2001). Ernest Lawrence Thayer ( August 14, 1863 - August 21, 1940) was an American writer and poet who wrote " Casey at the Bat "Casey at the Bat", subtitled "A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888" is a Baseball Poem written in 1888 by Ernest Thayer. William Floyd Weld (born July 31, 1945, in Smithtown New York) was the Republican Governor of Massachusetts from 1991 Anthony Lake (born April 2, 1939) is an American diplomat, political figure, and academic. William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States Harvard University. Princeton University Press. ISBN 1-56898-280-1. p. 101[2]
- ^ History of Winthrow House. Harvard University. Retrieved on 2007-02-14. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German
- ^ http://hcs.harvard.edu/~winthrop/web/history.htm
- ^ http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=152267. "James B. Conant '14, was in the D. U. (which was absorbed by the Fly in 1995). "
- ^ http://www.harvardmag.com/issues/mj97/jhj.club.html ". . . says former D. U. graduate president Louis Kane '53. . . "
- ^ Yeomans, Henry (1977). Abbott Lawrence Lowell. Arno Press. ISBN 0-405-10009-4. p. 38. "He tried to avoid what he considered Wilson's mistake in alienating them at Princeton; and he himself accepted honorary membership in the Fly in 1904. "
- ^ Patrick says he quit The Fly Club in 1983 - The Boston Globe
- ^ "Harvard Journal: All-Male Club Opens Its Doors Warily," New York Times 9 October, 1993. LexisNexis Academic.
- ^ "Franklin D. Roosevelt Center", American Heritage Center Inc. website[3]: "Returning to Cambridge, he found he had made both the Institute and the Dickey. Then came the blow. . . he was not among the eight sophomores elected to the Porcellian. . . . FDR settled for membership in the next most prestigious club, Alpha Delta Phi, also known as the Fly Club. "
- ^ FDR Library, biography of James Roosevelt[4]: "He was a member of the Signet Society, the Fly Club, Institute of 1770 and Hasty Pudding Club"
- ^ Gardner, Martin (1995). The Annotated Casey at the Bat: A Collection of Ballads about the Mighty Casey/Third, Revised Edition. Courier Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-28598-7. p. 1[5]
- ^ Edlich, Alexander R (1993): Harvard 'final club' to may become first to admit women, The Dartmouth Online, October 19, 1993[6]: "According to The Crimson, Massachusetts Governor William Weld, who graduated from Harvard and was a member of the Fly Club, wrote the club in 1987 urging it to admit women. "
- ^ http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=152267.
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