Drew Gilpin Faust

Drew Gilpin Faust
Faust at the World Economic Forum in 2013
28th President of Harvard University
In office
July 1, 2007 – July 1, 2018
Preceded byLawrence Summers
Derek Bok (acting)
Succeeded byLawrence Bacow
Personal details
Born
Catharine Drew Gilpin

(1947-09-18) September 18, 1947 (age 77)
New York City, U.S.
SpouseCharles E. Rosenberg
Children2
EducationBryn Mawr College (BA)
University of Pennsylvania (MA, PhD)
Academic background
ThesisA Sacred Circle: The Social Role of the Intellectual in the Old South, 1840–1860 (1975)
Doctoral advisorCharles E. Rosenberg
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-disciplineAmerican South
InstitutionsUniversity of Pennsylvania
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
Harvard University

Catharine Drew Gilpin Faust (born September 18, 1947)[1] is an American historian who served as the 28th president of Harvard University, the first woman in that role.[2] She was Harvard's first president since 1672 without an undergraduate or graduate degree from Harvard and the first to have been raised in the South.[3][4] Faust is also the founding dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.[1] She has been ranked among the world's most powerful women by Forbes, including as the 33rd most powerful in 2014.[5]

  1. ^ a b Rimer, Sara (February 12, 2007). "A 'Rebellious Daughter' to Lead Harvard". The New York Times. Retrieved February 17, 2007.
  2. ^ Crimson News Staff (February 8, 2007). "Faust Expected To Be Named President This Weekend". The Harvard Crimson. Archived from the original on September 3, 2009. Retrieved February 9, 2007.
  3. ^ Alderman, Jesse Harlan (February 11, 2007). "Harvard names 1st woman president". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2007.
  4. ^ Maria Sacchetti and, Marcella Bombardieri (February 12, 2007). "Champagne, cheers flow at Harvard". The Boston Globe. Retrieved February 12, 2007.
  5. ^ "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women". Forbes. Retrieved June 24, 2014.