Howard W. French
Over the decades, Harvard University has become so prominent in American culture that it is easy to mistake it for the prototypical modern university. Founded in 1636, Harvard is older than the United States itself. Besides this, there are few, if any, universities in the world that have a lower acceptance rate or more distinguished faculty. And Harvard’s $53 billion endowment is larger than the GDP of nearly 100 countries.
Despite the institution’s formidable reputation, though, and for all of U.S. President Donald Trump’s fixation on bringing it to heel, the Harvard that the world thinks it knows is a surprisingly recent creation.
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