【2017年整理】Famo与usUniversities.ppt

The President and Fellows of Harvard College Harvard University is an American private Ivy League research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States[7] and the first corporation (officially The President and Fellows of Harvard College) chartered in the country. Harvards history, influence, and wealth have made it one of the most prestigious universities in the world Drew Gilpin Faust, the Dean at Radcliffe, became the first woman president of Harvard in 2007. Harvard University Library The Harvard University Library system comprises about 90 libraries, with more than 16 million volumes. It is the oldest library system in the United States, the largest academic and the largest private library system in the world. Based on the number of volumes in the collection, it is the fourth largest library collection in the US, after the Library of Congress, Boston Public Library, and New York Public Library. While the largest and best-known library building at Harvard is the Widener Library in Harvard Yard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, this iconic building belongs to the Harvard College Library, the name of the library administrative unit within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Song Harvard has several fight songs, the most played of which, especially at football, are Ten Thousand Men of Harvard and Harvardiana. While Fair Harvard is actually the alma mater, Ten Thousand Men is better known outside the university. The Harvard University Band performs these fight songs, and other cheers, at football and hockey games. These were parodied by Harvard alumnus Tom Lehrer in his song Fight Fiercely, Harvard, which he composed while an undergraduate. Notable people C. C. Little Clarence Cook C.C. Little (October 6, 1888 – December 22, 1971) was an American genetics, cancer, and tobacco researcher and academic