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Harvard Corporation Senior Fellow William F. Lee speaks with the Harvard Gazette in Loeb House at Harvard University. Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer

Taking the Harvard Corporation’s temperature

After six months as senior fellow, Bill Lee outlines what’s been achieved and what lies ahead

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DateDecember 22, 2014

"It’s an unbelievable opportunity to be part of the governance of what I regard to be the greatest university in the world," said Robert Reischauer, senior fellow of the Harvard Corporation, who will step down on June 30.

A lifelong Harvard perspective

Ending 18 years on governing boards, Robert Reischauer ponders the University’s achievements, transitions, challenges, and future

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DateMay 30, 2014

James W. Breyer was elected to the Harvard Corporation by the President and Fellows with the consent of the Board of Overseers. His arrival will bring the Corporation to 13 members, fulfilling the expansion plan central to the governance reforms adopted by the governing boards in December 2010.

Breyer elected to Harvard Corporation

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DateFebruary 4, 2013May 2, 2019

Jessica Tuchman Mathews and Theodore V. Wells Jr. were elected today to become the newest members of the President and Fellows of Harvard College (the Harvard Corporation).

Mathews and Wells elected to Harvard Corporation

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DateSeptember 23, 2012June 19, 2019

“Harvard means a great deal to me, and I’m grateful for this opportunity to help guide its future,” said Paul J. Finnegan, A.B. ’75, M.B.A. ’82. Finnegan’s appointment, effective July 1, 2012, comes as the Corporation continues its gradual expansion from seven to 13 members, following changes approved by the governing boards in December 2010. With Finnegan’s addition, the Corporation will have grown to 11 members in all, with the expectation of adding two additional fellows in the time ahead.

Finnegan elected to Corporation

Overseer set to become the newest member of governing board

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DateMay 23, 2012June 26, 2019

Harvard Board of Overseers president Leila Fawaz (standing), Issam M. Fares Professor of Lebanese and Eastern Mediterranean Studies at Tufts University, speaks to the board at a recent meeting at Loeb House in Cambridge. Seated (from left) are fellow Overseers Cristián Samper, director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, Richard Meserve, president of the Carnegie Institution for Science, and Robert Shapiro, partner at the law firm Ropes & Gray.

Eyes on the future

Harvard’s Board of Overseers helps maintain excellence

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DateMarch 26, 2012April 23, 2019

Governance Review Culminates in Changes to Harvard Corporation

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DateDecember 6, 2010April 16, 2020

Harvard President Drew Faust (left) and Robert Reischauer, the Corporation’s senior fellow, discuss the changes within the Corporation, including its first expansion since its creation 360 years ago.

Q&A on Harvard’s changing Corporation

Faust, Reischauer explain outcomes of governance review

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DateDecember 6, 2010November 20, 2019