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Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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The Department of General Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) did not officially exist until 1882. Courses in general studies were offered as early as 1865, when the MIT Catalog offered a curriculum option called the Course in Science and Literature. At that time, all regular MIT students were required to take “general studies” classes from the Course in Science and Literature, in addition to English, history, and modern languages. In 1882 the Course in Scienc...

Radcliffe College. Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute

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The Bunting Institute (former names: Radcliffe Institute for Independent Study, 1960-66, and the Radcliffe Institute, 1966-78) was founded by Radcliffe President Mary Ingraham Bunting to foster scholarly study by women and on women. The Institute appoints Fellows and Research Associates in the arts and sciences, and provides them with workspace and stipends to further their research in a variety of programs. These in the past have included funding for part-time medical residents from the Josiah ...

Gordon, Albert F.

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Freedom Rider. From the description of Freedom Rider collection, ca. 1961-1999. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 45273218 ...

O'Reilly, Jane

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O'Reilly (B.A., Radcliffe, 1958) is a journalist in New York City, writing for The New York Times, and for magazines: New York, Glamour, Ms., and others. From the description of Papers, 1969-1970 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007832 ...

Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908-2006

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Galbraith taught economics at Harvard. From the description of Papers of John Kenneth Galbraith, 1958. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973248 John Kenneth Galbraith was born in Iona Station, Ontario, Canada in 1908. He emigrated to the United States in 1931 and became an American citizen in 1937. He received degrees from Ontario Agricultural College (1931), University of California (1933, 1934), and studied at Cambridge, England (1937-38). His academic career has...

Committee for the Equality of Women at Harvard

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The Committee for the Equality of Women at Harvard was formed by members of the Radcliffe Class of 1953 in 1988, and chaired by Margaretta (Peggy) Schmertzler. They were later joined by members of the class of 1958, and incorporated in 1993 with the goals of advancing women's equality at Harvard and increasing the number of tenured women faculty. The committee issued annual reports and recommendations on the status of women, entered into dialogue with Harvard administration, alumni, faculty, and...

Mills, Karen, 1953-

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Karen Gordon Mills (born September 14, 1953) served as the 23rd Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). She was nominated by President-elect Barack Obama on December 19, 2008, confirmed unanimously by the Senate on April 2, 2009, and sworn in on April 6, 2009. During her tenure, her office was elevated to the rank of Cabinet-level officer, expanding her power on policy decisions and granting her inclusion in the President's cabinet meetings. On February 11, 2013, she anno...

Summers, Lawrence, 1954-

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Lawrence Henry Summers (born November 30, 1954) is an American economist, former Vice President of Development Economics and Chief Economist of the World Bank (1991–93), senior U.S. Treasury Department official throughout President Clinton's administration (ultimately Treasury Secretary, 1999–2001), and former director of the National Economic Council for President Obama (2009–2010). He is a former president of Harvard University (2001–2006), where he is currently (as of March, 2017) a professo...

Alberts, Bruce.

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Dr. Bruce Alberts is an American biochemist, widely recognized for his work in the fields of biochemistry and molecular biology. He is noted particularly for his extensive study of the protein complexes that allow chromosomes to be replicated. Born in 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, Alberts graduated from Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with a degree in biochemical sciences. He earned a doctorate from Harvard University in 1965. He joined the faculty of Princeton University in 1966 and a...

Mary Dunn

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Koh, Harold Hongju, 1954-

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Harold Hongju Koh (born December 8, 1954) is an American lawyer and legal scholar who served as the legal adviser of the Department of State in the Obama administration. He was nominated to this position by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2009, and confirmed by the Senate on June 25, 2009. He left the State Department in January 2013, returning to Yale University as a Sterling Professor of international law....

Baldwin, John

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John Baldwin was an American Justice of the Peace and merchant in 19th century Vermont. From the guide to the John Baldwin Papers, 1806-1849, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) Epithet: Chief Justice of Common Pleas British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000209.0x0001cd John Baldwin (1799-1884) was a businessman and educator in Berea, Ohio, who used h...

Harvard University. Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Established by Jacob Wendell scholars for income for annual scholars dinner. From the description of Barrett Wendell Fund records, ca. 1924-1983 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76974402 In the early years of the eighteenth century, the faculty (referred to as the "immediate government") began to emerge as a body having duties distinctive from those of the Corporation. While apparently not formally constituted, the immediate government (the President an...

Arlen, Ann

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Douglas, Claire.

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Epithet: widow of J Douglas, Scottish brigadier-general British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000508.0x000299 ...

Radcliffe College. Alumnae Association

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The Harvard Annex Alumnae Association was established in 1887 and renamed the Radcliffe College Alumnae Association in 1897. It was administered by a president, a board of managers and an executive secretary (who was first appointed in 1920) and included representatives who served on the Board of Trustees of Radcliffe College. Since 1908 the Association has published an alumnae directory and since 1916 The Radcliffe Quarterly. The Association has also been involved in other activities such as fu...

Harrison, John

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Epithet: Lieutenant British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000218.0x000011 Epithet: at Siena British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000218.0x00000e Epithet: of Norwich, suspended minister British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000697.0x00024a Epithet: of Sunderla...

Pelton, Lee

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Gorelick, Jamie, 1960-

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Jamie Gorelick (born May 6, 1950) is an American lawyer who served as the Deputy Attorney General of the United States from 1994 to 1997, during the Bill Clinton administration. She was appointed by former Senator Tom Daschle to serve as a commissioner on the bipartisan 9/11 Commission, which sought to investigate the circumstances leading up to the September 11 attacks, and also served as Vice Chairman of Fannie Mae....

Ladd, Florence

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Florence Ladd was born June 16, 1932, in Washington, D.C., to parents who were educators. Ladd attended public schools in Washington, D.C., before earning a B.S. in psychology in 1953 from Howard University and a Ph.D. in social psychology in 1958 from the University of Rochester in New York.Ladd first taught at Simmons College. She then traveled to Istanbul, Turkey, where she taught until 1964. In 1965, she returned to Boston and began teaching at Harvard University's Graduate School of Educati...

Rothschild, Maurine

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A graduate of Radcliffe College (A.B. 1940), Maurine (Pupkin) Rothschild was a trustee of the Fund for Peace, an organization dedicated to the promotion of human rights, individual liberty, and conflict resolution. She attended a 1993 conference in Asmara, Eritrea, entitled Women's Rights as Human Rights, as well as a subsequent meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1995. One of the aims of these conferences was to train African women leaders in the principles and organization of democratic institutions...

Wilson, Linda S., 1936-

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Linda S. Wilson, seventh president of Radcliffe College was appointed in 1989 and inaugurated in 1990. From the description of Papers, 1990-1998 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232008877 Linda (Smith) Wilson, president of Radcliffe College, daughter of Fred M. and Virginia (Thompson) Smith, received her A.B. from Newcomb College (1957) and Ph. D. (1962) from the University of Wisconsin. She married Paul Allaby Wilson and they have two chil...

Robinson, Barbara.

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Barbara Webb Robinson was born October 24, 1927, in Portsmouth, OH. Educated at Allegheny College in Pennsylvania until 1948, Robinson has spent the vast majority of her career days as a freelance writer. 1962 announced her publishing debut with a Lothrop release entitled Across From Indian Shore . Known for her zany characters engaging in outrageous actions, Robinson repeatedly takes things in uproarious measures to the apt children's audience she fittingly targets. The Best Christmas Pageant E...

Ford foundation

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Philanthropic organization established in 1936 by Henry and Edsel Ford from profits of the Ford Motor Company. From the description of Grant files, [ca. 1936-1986]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155532303 ...