Harvard Corporation

Chartered in 1650

Known formally as the President and Fellows of Harvard College, the Harvard Corporation is the oldest corporation in the Western Hemisphere.

News & Reports

Diana Nelson ’84 will join Harvard Corporation as newest member

Diana L. Nelson ’84 will become the newest member of the Harvard Corporation effective July 1.

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Two appointed to Harvard Corporation

Timothy R. Barakett ’87, M.B.A. ’93, and Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar ’93 have been elected to become members of the Harvard Corporation. Both will assume their roles on July 1.

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Harvard Corporation elects two new members

Penny S. Pritzker ’81, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce and past Harvard Overseer, and Carolyn A. “Biddy” Martin, president of Amherst College and former Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, have been chosen as the newest members of the Harvard Corporation.

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Joe O’Donnell bids Harvard Corporation adieu

For more than 50 years, prominent Boston business executive Joe O’Donnell ’67, M.B.A. ’71, has served in different capacities at Harvard, as an elected director of the Harvard Alumni Association, a Corporation member, and an Overseer. He will step down from the Corporation on June 30.

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Members

The following are the current members of the Harvard Corporation.

Lawrence S. Bacow, President
SB ’72, MIT
JD ’76, MPP ’76, PhD ’78, Harvard

Timothy R. Barakett
Fellow (began service in 2019)
AB ’87, MBA ’93, Harvard

Kenneth I. Chenault
Fellow (began service in 2014)
BA ’73, Bowdoin
JD ’76, Harvard

Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar
Fellow (began service in 2019)
AB ’93, Harvard
JD ’97, Yale
AM ’96, PhD ’00, Stanford

Paul J. Finnegan
Fellow (2012-2014)
Treasurer (began service in 2014)
AB ’75, MBA ’82, Harvard

William F. Lee
Fellow (began service in 2010)
Senior Fellow (began service in 2014)
AB ’72, Harvard
MBA ’76, JD ’76, Cornell

Karen Gordon Mills
Fellow (began service in 2014)
AB ’75, MBA ’77, Harvard

Biddy Martin
Fellow (began service in 2018)
BA ’73, College of William and Mary
MA ’74, Middlebury College
PhD ’85, U. of Wisconsin, Madison

Diana L. Nelson
Fellow (began service in 2020)
AB ’84, Harvard
MM ’89, Northwestern

Penny Pritzker
Fellow (began service in 2018)
AB ’81, Harvard
JD ’85, MBA ’85, Stanford

David M. Rubenstein
Fellow (began service in 2017)
BA ’70, Duke
JD ’73, Chicago

Shirley M. Tilghman
Fellow (began service in 2016)
BSc ’68, Queen’s U.
PhD ’75, Temple U.
LLD (hon.) ’04, Harvard

Theodore V. Wells, Jr.
Fellow (began service in 2013)
BA ’72, Holy Cross
JD ’76, MBA ‘76, Harvard