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Most presidents of the United States received a college education, even most of the earliest.Of the first seven presidents, five were college graduates. College degrees have set the presidents apart from the general population, and presidents have held degrees even though it was quite rare and unnecessary for practicing most occupations, including law.
University of Chicago, Harvard University: 1898 (MA in political economy from Harvard), 1909 (PhD from Harvard) Ricardo Lagos Chile: 2000–2006 Duke University: 1962 (PhD) Hastings Banda Malawi: Prime Minister of Malawi (1964–1966), President of Malawi (1966–1994) University of Chicago: Ph.B. 1931 José P. Laurel Philippines: 1943–1945
President of the United States [1] John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) 1787 – College; 1790 – A.M. President of the United States [2] Arnulfo Arias (born 1901) 1925 – HMS President of Panama: George W. Bush (born 1946) 1973 – HBS: President of the United States [3] Felipe Calderón Hinojosa (born 1962) 2000 – HKS President of Mexico [4]
At Harvard's founding it was headed by a "schoolmaster", Nathaniel Eaton. In 1640, when Henry Dunster was brought in, he adopted the title of president. Since Harvard was founded for the training of Puritan clergy, and even though its mission was soon broadened, nearly all presidents through the end of the 18th century were in holy orders.
For a list of Harvard's presidents, see President of Harvard University. Eight Presidents of the United States have graduated from Harvard University: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Rutherford B. Hayes, John F. Kennedy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama.
In 2001, when George W. Bush became President, Summers left the Treasury Department and returned to Harvard as its 27th president, serving from July 2001 until June 2006. [14] He was Harvard's first Jewish president, [ 38 ] [ 39 ] [ 40 ] though his predecessor Neil Rudenstine's father was Jewish.
A Harvard spokesperson said the university reviewed more of Gay’s academic work, and the president plans to update her 1997 PhD dissertation to correct additional instances of “inadequate ...
Nathan Marsh Pusey (/ ˈ p j uː z i /; April 4, 1907 – November 14, 2001) was an American academic.Originally from Council Bluffs, Iowa, Pusey won a scholarship to Harvard University out of high school and went on to earn bachelor's, master's, and doctorate degrees in the classics at Harvard.