The President is the chief administrator of Harvard University. Ex officio the chairman of the Harvard Corporation, he or she is appointed by and is responsible to the other members of that body, who delegate to him or her the day-to-day running of the university. The current incumbent is Drew Gilpin Faust, formerly the dean of Harvard's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.

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  • The President is the chief administrator of Harvard University. Ex officio the chairman of the Harvard Corporation, he or she is appointed by and is responsible to the other members of that body, who delegate to him or her the day-to-day running of the university. The current incumbent is Drew Gilpin Faust, formerly the dean of Harvard's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Harvard is a famously decentralized university, noted for the "every tub on its own bottom" independence of its various constituent faculties. They set their own academic standards and manage their own budgets. The president, however, plays an important part in university-wide planning and strategy. She names each faculty's dean (and, since the foundation of the office in 1994, the university's provost), and grants tenure to recommended professors. (She is, however, expected to make such decisions after extensive consultation with faculty members). Traditionally, as the leader of one of the U.S. 's most prominent universities, Harvard presidents have influenced educational practices nationwide. Charles W. Eliot, for example, originated America's familiar system of a smorgasbord of elective courses available to each student; James B. Conant worked to introduce standardized testing; Derek C. Bok and Neil L. Rudenstine argued for the continued importance of diversity in higher education. Recently, however, the job has become increasingly administrative, especially as the President has become increasingly responsible for conducting fund-raising campaigns. Some have criticized this trend to the extent it has prevented the president from focusing on substantive issues in higher education. Each president is a qualified academic professor in some department of the university and will, on occasion, teach courses.
  • Liste der Präsidenten der Harvard University. Nathaniel Eaton („schoolmaster“, 1637–1639) Henry Dunster (1640–1654) Charles Chauncy (1654–1672) Leonard Hoar (1672–1675) Urian Oakes John Rogers (1682–1684) Increase Mather Samuel Willard John Leverett (1708–1724) Benjamin Wadsworth (1725–1737) Edward Holyoke (1737–1769) Samuel Locke (1770–1773) Samuel Langdon (1774–1780) Joseph Willard (1781–1804) Eliphalet Pearson Samuel Webber (1806–1810) John Thornton Kirkland (1810–1828) Josiah Quincy (1829–1845) Edward Everett (1846–1849) Jared Sparks (1849–1853) James Walker (1853–1860) Cornelius Conway Felton (1860–1862) Thomas Hill (1862–1868) Charles William Eliot (1869–1909) Abbott Lawrence Lowell (1909–1933) James Bryant Conant (1933–1953) Nathan Marsh Pusey (1953–1971) Derek Curtis Bok (1971–1991) Neil L. Rudenstine (1991–2001) Lawrence H. Summers (1. Juli 2001–30. Juni 2006) Derek Curtis Bok Drew Gilpin Faust (1. Juli 2007–heute)
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  • The President is the chief administrator of Harvard University. Ex officio the chairman of the Harvard Corporation, he or she is appointed by and is responsible to the other members of that body, who delegate to him or her the day-to-day running of the university. The current incumbent is Drew Gilpin Faust, formerly the dean of Harvard's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
  • Liste der Präsidenten der Harvard University.
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  • President of Harvard University
  • Liste der Präsidenten der Harvard-Universität
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