As delivered. Just one month ago, nearly 300 men and women, from the Class of 1961 to the Class of 2017, from across the country and around the world, descended on Harvard, took to the Charles, and rowed. They rowed to honor the late and legendary Harry Parker, Harvard crew coach for more than half…
Opening Year Address
Thank you, Dutch. Thank you for agreeing to be the emcee today, and thank you especially for coming all the way from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, which is where Dutch woke up this morning. And so we’re especially grateful for that. It’s a pleasure to welcome everyone to this new academic year. Each September I find myself…
2013 Remarks at Morning Prayers
As delivered. Each September I join you on the first day of classes to greet the new year, to acknowledge a new season, a time—borrowing from the passage from Ecclesiastes that Reverend Walton just read—to renew our purposes under heaven. In this annual ritual, I come to you to mark change—a change we feel in…
2013 Commencement Speech
It is always a pleasure to greet a sea of alumni on Commencement afternoon—even though my role is that of the warm-up act for the feature to come. Today I am especially aware of the treat we have in store as I look out on not a sea, but a veritable ocean of anticipation. But…
2013 Remarks at ROTC Commissioning Ceremony
As prepared for delivery Today we celebrate graduating Harvard students who have chosen to make a commitment to the nation and its service. Three of you have trained as part of Harvard ROTC, and we recognize your dedication and achievement in meeting that program’s rigorous demands as two of you will receive your commissions as…
2013 Baccalaureate Service: “Running Toward”
As prepared for delivery. Greetings, Class of 2013. What a privilege it is to be with you this afternoon, together one last time for that ancient and curious custom known as the Baccalaureate. The ritual may lack something of the exuberance of that other ancient and curious year-end custom, the Primal Scream. But at least…
Remarks by President Faust: W50 Summit — Celebrating the 50th anniversary of women being admitted to the two-year M.B.A. Program
As delivered It’s so good just to be in this room — the energy in the air! Thank you so much for inviting me and making me part of this historic event, a historic event in and of its own right. And thank you, Dean Nohria, and everyone else who worked so hard to make…
“Educate Women; Change the World” at Ewha Womans University
I am deeply honored to be an Ewha Fellow. Thank you so much. Thank you, Chairperson Chang, President Kim; thank you students, faculty, friends of Ewha, distinguished guests, Mr. Ambassador and others. It is a great privilege to be here on the Ewha campus, the largest women’s university in the world. As I crossed the…
Welcome Remarks at the Annual Meeting of the AAAS
As delivered Thank you, Dr. Fedoroff, for that very kind introduction. And many thanks to President Press for inviting me to offer brief remarks this evening. First, my warmest greetings to all of you. Since its founding in 1848, the American Association for the Advancement of Science has held its annual meeting in Cambridge or…
Harvard College Fund President’s Associates Dinner
As prepared for delivery It’s wonderful to be here with so many alumni, parents, friends—just one night separating us from the 129th playing of The Game. When Harvard Stadium was being built, a dozen men were assigned to test the stands as they were being constructed. And what they did was move from concrete slab…