Drew Gilpin Faust Biography
Full name
Drew Gilpin Faust
Occupation
President of Harvard University
Date/Place of Birth
September 18, 1947/New York City
Family Background
Daughter of Catharine Mellick and McGhee Tyson Gilpin, married to Charles Rosenberg, mother of Jessica Rosenberg, stepmother of Leah Rosenberg
Education summary
- Concord Academy in Massachusetts
- Bachelor’s degree from Bryn Mawr in 1968, magna cum laude with honors in history
- Master’s degree (1971) and doctoral degree (1975) in American civilization from the University of Pennsylvania
Carreer Summary
- July 1, 2007: President of Harvard University, Professor of History in Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences
- January 1, 2001: Founding dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
- 1976: Professor of History and director of the Women’s Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania
Writings and Creative Works
Author of six books, including Mothers of Invention: Women of the Slaveholding South in the American Civil War (University of North Carolina Press, 1996), This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War (Alfred A. Knopf, 2008) looks at the impact of the Civil War’s enormous death toll on the lives of 19th-century
Activities/Memberships
Drew Gilpin Faust has been a trustee of Bryn Mawr College, the Andrew Mellon Foundation, and the National Humanities Center, and she serves on the educational advisory board of the Guggenheim Foundation. She has served as president of the Southern Historical Association, vice president of the American Historical Association, and executive board member of the Organization of American Historians and the Society of American Historians. She has also served on numerous editorial boards and selection committees, including the Pulitzer Prize history jury in 1986, 1990, and 2004.
Drew Gilpin Faust’s honors include awards in 1982 and 1996 for distinguished teaching at the University of Pennsylvania. She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1994, the Society of American Historians in 1993, and the American Philosophical Society in 2004.
Address
Office of the President
Harvard University
Massachusetts Hall
Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
president@harvard.edu
