The oldest corporation in the Western Hemisphere is the Harvard Corporation, known formally as the President and Fellows of Harvard College. It is the smaller of Harvard’s two governing boards; the other is the Board of Overseers. Following are the members of the Harvard Corporation.
Lawrence S. Bacow, President
SB ’72, MIT
JD ’76, MPP ’76, PhD ’78, Harvard
Lawrence S. Bacow took office as Harvard’s 29th president on July 1, 2018. For more, please visit Office of the President.
James W. Breyer
Fellow (began service in 2013)
BS ’83, Stanford
MBA ’87, Harvard
More: Breyer elected to Harvard Corporation
Kenneth I. Chenault
Fellow (began service in 2014)
BA ’73, Bowdoin
JD ’76, Harvard
More: Chenault and Mills to join Harvard Corporation
Paul J. Finnegan
Fellow (2012-2014)
Treasurer (began service in 2014)
AB ’75, MBA ’82, Harvard
More: Finnegan elected to Corporation
Susan L. Graham
Fellow (began service in 2011)
AB ’64, Harvard
MS ’66, PhD ’71, Stanford
More: Three to Join Harvard Corporation
William F. Lee
Fellow (began service in 2010)
Senior Fellow (began service in 2014)
AB ’72, Harvard
MBA ’76, JD ’76, Cornell
Biddy Martin
Fellow (began service in 2018)
BA ’73, College of William and Mary
MA ’74, Middlebury College
PhD ’85, U. of Wisconsin, Madison
More: Harvard Corporation elects two new members
Jessica Tuchman Mathews
Fellow (began service in 2013)
AB ‘67, Radcliffe
PhD ‘73, Caltech
More: Mathews Wells elected
Karen Gordon Mills
Fellow (began service in 2014)
AB ’75, MBA ’77, Harvard
More: Chenault and Mills to join Harvard Corporation
Penny Pritzker
Fellow (began service in 2018)
AB ’81, Harvard
JD ’85, MBA ’85, Stanford
More: Harvard Corporation elects two new members
David M. Rubenstein
Fellow (began service in 2017)
BA ’70, Duke
JD ’73, Chicago
More: New member of Harvard Corporation
Shirley M. Tilghman
Fellow (began service in 2016)
BSc ’68, Queen's U.
PhD ’75, Temple U.
LLD (hon.) ’04, Harvard
More: Tilghman named to Harvard Corporation
Theodore V. Wells, Jr.
Fellow (began service in 2013)
BA ’72, Holy Cross
JD ’76, MBA ‘76, Harvard
More: Mathews Wells elected