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The President and Fellows of Harvard College (also known as the Harvard Corporation) is the more fundamental of Harvard University's two governing boards. (The other is the Harvard Board of Overseers.) On 9 June 1650, at the request of President Henry Dunster, the Great and General Court of Massachusetts (i.e., the colonial legislature) issued the body's charter, making it the oldest corporation in the The Americas. In fact, due to the history of the Harvard Corporation, its set of laws is written into the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. (Note that although Harvard is today generally referred to as a "University" the corporation's legal title still formally refers to "Harvard College.")

When it was originally founded, the corporation was probably intended to be a body of the college's resident instructors, like the fellows of an Oxbridge college. However, from an early date it instead fell into what has become the familiar American model of a governing board -- an outside body, made up mostly of people not involved in Harvard's daily life, which meets regularly to consult with the day-to-day head, the president (whom it appoints). It is self-perpetuating, selecting new members for itself whenever a vacancy opens; in recent years it has always comprised six fellows in addition to the president.

Current Fellows

There are currently seven members of the Corporation. Their names, positions, and degrees that each received from a school of Harvard University are also shown below.
  1. Drew Gilpin Faust, President of Harvard University, A.M (honorary) 2001
  2. James Houghton, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Corning Incorporated, A.B. 1958, M.B.A 1962
  3. Patricia A. King, Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law, Medicine, Ethics and Public Policy at Georgetown Law Center, J.D. 1969
  4. Nannerl Keohane, Professor, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the University Center for Human Values, Princeton University
  5. Robert Reischauer, President, The Urban Institute, A.B. 1963
  6. James Rothenberg, President and Director, Capital Research and Management Company, A.B. 1968, M.B.A. 1970
  7. Robert Rubin, Director, Chair of the Executive Committee, Citigroup, A.B. 1960; LL.D. (honorary) 2001

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Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League.
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The Harvard Board of Overseers (more formally The Honorable and Reverend The Board of Overseers) is the second of Harvard University's two governing boards. Although its function is more consultative and less hands-on than the President and Fellows of Harvard College, the
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Henry Dunster (November 26, 1609 – February 27, 1659) was an English-American Puritan clergyman and educator. Born at Baleholt, Bury, Lancashire, England to Henry Dunster Sr (1582–1626) and Isabelle Kaye (1583–1643), Dunster studied and graduated from Magdalene
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A fellow in the broadest sense is someone who is an equal or a comrade. The term is most often used in an academic context: a fellow is (at least in theory) part of an elite group of learned people who work together as peers in the pursuit of knowledge.
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Oxbridge, are the two oldest and most famous universities in Britain. Both were founded more than 750 years ago, and between them have produced a large number of Britain's most prominent scientists, writers, and politicians, as well as noted figures in many other fields.
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Drew Gilpin Faust

28th President of Harvard University
 Term July 1, 2007 – Present
Predecessor Derek Bok
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The President is the chief administrator of Harvard University. Ex officio the chairman of the Harvard Corporation, she is appointed by and is responsible to the other members of that body, who delegate to her the day-to-day running of the university.
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James R. Houghton is the Retired Chairman of the Board of Corning Incorporated. Houghton has Bachelor of Arts and master of business administration degrees from Harvard University (A.B., 1958, MBA, 1962).
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Corning Incorporated

Public (NYSE:  GLW )
Founded 1851
Headquarters Corning, New York, USA

Key people Wendell P. Weeks, Chairman and CEO

Industry Materials Manufacturer
Products Glass, Ceramics, Fiber Optic Cable
Revenue $5.
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Nannerl "Nan" Overholser Keohane (born September 18, 1940, in Blytheville, Arkansas)[1] is an American political theorist and former president of Wellesley College and Duke University.
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Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (often truncated to Woodrow Wilson School or abbreviated WWS; known as "Woody Woo" in campus slang) is a professional public policy school at Princeton University. The school has granted undergraduate A.B.
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Princeton University is a private coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. It is one of eight universities that belong to the Ivy League.
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Robert Edward Rubin (born August 29, 1938) is an American banker who served as the 70th United States Secretary of the Treasury during both the first and second Clinton Administrations during a time of peak performance for the U.S. economy.
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Citigroup Inc.

Public (NYSE:  C )
Founded New York City, USA (1812)
Headquarters New York City, USA

Key people Charles Prince, Chairman & CEO
Robert Rubin, Director and Chairman of Executive Committee
Gary Crittenden, CFO[1]
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