Drew Gilpin Faust

American historian and board member, director at Goldman Sachs · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1947 · age 79

Catharine Drew Gilpin Faust is an American historian and author who served as the 28th president of Harvard University from 2007 to 2018. She was Harvard's first female president, its first president since 1672 without a Harvard undergraduate or graduate degree, and the first to have been raised in the South.

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2023“I believe that affirmative action has changed the shape of and the landscape of higher education in a way that we need to continue. The past is with us.”In their words22 August 2023Harvard's Drew Gilpin Faust says history should make us uncomfortableRead the whole statement

2020“I am not the woman president of Harvard. I am the president of Harvard.”In their words23 July 2020Quoted in Thoughts on gender equality, by Forbes IndiaRead the whole statement

2019“The story of Virginia compels us to recognize how important it is that we open our eyes and actively resist the assumptions and traditions that would obscure our vision.”In their wordsAugust 2019Race, History, and Memories of a Virginia Girlhood, The Atlantic, (August 2019)Read the whole statement

Honorary Doctor of the University of MiamiAward2018“My PhD dissertation and first book were about the proslavery argument.”In their words12 September 2018Remarks upon receiving the Kluge Prize, Harvard University History of the Presidency, Drew Gilpin FaustRead the whole statement

“Tomorrow, we will continue to be called upon to build trust in our actions, our words, and our purposes, to do good in the world.”In their words14 April 2018Remarks by Drew Gilpin Faust at the Close of The Harvard Campaign, Harvard University History of the PresidencyRead the whole statement

2014Radcliffe MedalAward2011Jefferson LectureAward2010Honorary Doctorate from Princeton UniversityAward2009Bancroft PrizeAward2008American History Book PrizeAwardHonorary Doctor of the Peking UniversityAwardHonorary Doctor of the University of PennsylvaniaAwardHonorary Doctor of Yale UniversityAward2007Honorary Doctor of Bowdoin CollegeAwardTime 100Award1997Francis Parkman PrizeAward1986Guggenheim FellowshipAward1947Born18 September 1947

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Honorary Doctor of the University of Miami2019

Radcliffe Medal2014

Jefferson Lecture2011

Honorary Doctorate from Princeton University2010

Bancroft Prize2009

Honorary Doctor of the University of Pennsylvania2008

American History Book Prize2008

Honorary Doctor of Yale University2008

Honorary Doctor of the Peking University2008

Time 1002007

Honorary Doctor of Bowdoin College2007

Francis Parkman Prize1997

Guggenheim Fellowship1986

Virginia Women in History

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Faust was also the founding dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. She was repeatedly named one of the world's 100 most powerful women by Forbes, reaching as high as 33rd in 2014.

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