Harvard President Drew Faust
Faust served as the 28th president of Harvard University from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2018. She was Harvard’s first female president, and the first Harvard president without a Harvard degree.
News & Statements by President Faust
- The Breakfast Club: How Faust and Walsh forged an unlikely friendship (The Boston Globe)
- Defending Diversity
- Faust to Receive Kluge Prize (Harvard Gazette)
- Letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt Regarding Proposed “Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science” Rule
- Letter in Support of Those Affected by TPS Policy Changes
- Review Committee
- New Dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
- Statement from President Faust
Speeches & Lectures
- 2018 Commencement Speech
- 2018 Remarks at ROTC Commissioning Ceremony
- 2018 Baccalaureate Service: “To Catch Fire and Light the World”
- Remarks by Drew Gilpin Faust at the Close of The Harvard Campaign
- Harvard Kennedy School Campus Transformation Ribbon Cutting
- “Liberty and Learning.” Remarks by Drew Faust at Your Harvard: Washington, D.C.
- “Getting Closer”: Remarks for the Bicentennial of Harvard Law School
- 2017 Remarks at Morning Prayers