It’s official! Earlier today, Drew Gilpin Faust (Bryn Mawr ‘68) was unanimously confirmed as President of Harvard!
You probably need no reminder, if you’ve heard the news, but she is the first woman to hold this office (as well as “the best candidate”, according to the senior fellow of the Harvard Corporation). As Drew herself said, “I’m not the woman president of Harvard. I’m the president of Harvard.”
CNN has the AP story, and the Harvard newspaper, The Crimson, live-blogged the announcement.
Also, don’t miss Bryn Mawr’s write-up and Drew’s 2001 Commencement speech.
