Harvard University. Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, whose history, influence and wealth have made it one of the most prestigious universities in the world.[6][7][8][9][10] The University is organized into eleven separate academic units—ten faculties and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study—with campuses throughout the Boston metropolitan area:[15] its 209-acre (85 ha) main campus is centered on Harvard Yard in Cambridge, approximately 3 miles (5 km) northwest of Boston; the business school and athletics facilities, including Harvard Stadium, are located across the Charles River in the Allston neighborhood of Boston and the medical, dental, and public health schools are in the Longwood Medical Area.[5] Eight U.S. presidents have been graduates, and some 150 Nobel Laureates have been affiliated as students, faculty, or staff.
History Colonial The leading Boston divine Increase Mather served as president from 1685 to 1701. 19th century Charles W. Hasty Pudding Club. The Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770 is a social club for Harvard students.
Aim[edit] The Hasty Pudding Club was originally established to bring together undergraduates in friendship, conversation, and camaraderie. History[edit] It was founded on September 1, 1795 by Horace Binney, who was then 15, by calling together a meeting of 21 juniors in the room of Nymphas Hatch. The club is named for the traditional American dish (based on a British dish) that the founding members ate at their first meeting. It is the oldest collegiate social club in America. The Pudding is currently the only social club on campus that is coed and has members from all four years. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (/ˈroʊzəvəlt/ ROH-zə-vəlt, his own pronunciation,[1] or /ˈroʊzəvɛlt/ ROH-zə-velt) (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the 32nd President of the United States.
Serving from March 1933 to his death in April 1945, he was elected for four consecutive terms, and remains the only president ever to serve more than eight years. He was a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic depression and total war. A dominant leader of the Democratic Party, he built a New Deal Coalition that realigned American politics after 1932, as his New Deal domestic policies defined American liberalism for the middle third of the 20th century. With the bouncy popular song "Happy Days Are Here Again" as his campaign theme, FDR defeated incumbent Republican Herbert Hoover in November 1932, at the depth of the Great Depression. Larz Anderson. Larz Anderson Larz Anderson III (born August 15, 1866, in Paris, France; died April 13, 1937, in White Sulphur Spring, WV) was a wealthy American businessman.
As a diplomat he briefly served as U.S. Ambassador to Japan (1912–1913). Isabel Weld Perkins. Isabel Weld Perkins (March 3, 1876 – November 3, 1948), mostly known as Isabel Anderson or Mrs.
Larz Anderson after her marriage, was a Boston-area heiress and author who left a legacy to the public that includes a park and two museums. Life[edit] Early life[edit] Born at 284 Marlborough Street in Boston's Back Bay,[1] on both sides of her family Isabel Weld Perkins was descended from wealthy Boston Brahmin who traced their history back to Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Generations of ancestors and relatives on both sides had been educated at Harvard, had traded with the Far East, and had built stately homes in Greater Boston (especially in what is now Jamaica Plain). Her mother was Anna Minot Weld, a wealthy socialite born to the Weld Family of Boston. Marriage to Larz Anderson[edit] The Andersons In 1896, Perkins was a 20-year old debutante on a world tour. They were married in Boston a year later and embarked on a life of luxury combined with public service and adventure. ...these Andersons? Anderson House. The Society makes Anderson House available for private events, such as this one held in its impressive ballroom.
The Society of The Cincinnati. George Washington. George Washington (February 22, 1732 [O.S.
Anderson House. Court of St. James's. The Court of St James's is the royal court for the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.[1] The court is named after St James's Palace, the most senior royal palace of the British Monarchy.[2] A royal court has existed since the Kingdom of England (before 1707) and the Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800).
Other venues[edit] Robert Todd Lincoln. Robert Todd Lincoln (August 1, 1843 – July 26, 1926) was an American lawyer and Secretary of War, and the first son of President Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln.
Born in Springfield, Illinois, United States, he was one of two of Lincoln's four sons to live to adulthood, and the only one to survive into the 1900s. Family and early life[edit] Lincoln was born in Springfield, Illinois on August 1, 1843, to Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) and Mary Todd Lincoln (1818–1882). He had three younger brothers, Edward Baker Lincoln (1846–1850), William Wallace Lincoln (1850–1862) and Tad Lincoln (1853–1871). By the time Lincoln was born, his father had become a well-known member of the Whig political party and had previously served as a member of the state legislature for four terms.