"Harvard University is a fully private university in
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy
League. It was founded on September 8, 1636 by a vote
of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts
Bay Colony, making it the oldest post-secondary school
in the United States. Originally called simply the
"New College", it was named Harvard College on March
13 1639, after its first principal donor, John
Harvard. The earliest known official reference to
Harvard as a "university" rather than a "college"
occurred in the new Massachusetts constitution of
1780. As in many English-speaking universities,
undergraduate life remains Harvard's emotional heart
and people often conflate it with the wider
university. ... "
Extracted from encyclopedia reference,
http://www.netipedia.com/index.php/Harvard .
Perry Gregg
VP Communications, Board of Directors
Harvard Club of San Francisco
Nob Hill
800 Powell Street
San Francisco, California 94108
bengt@post.harvard.edu