Harvard
Americannoun
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John, 1607–38, English clergyman in the U.S.: principal benefactor of Harvard College, now Harvard University.
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a city in central Massachusetts.
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Mount, a mountain in central Colorado, in the Sawatch Range. 14,420 feet (4,398 meters).
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Harvard University’s endowment had a $2.2 billion stake in the company, which according to the Harvard Crimson “was worth more than all of the endowment’s other reported public holdings combined.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
Harvard on Thursday reported a 27.1% gain by its endowment for the fiscal year ended June 30, swelling the endowment’s coffers to almost $68 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
He has also spent time as a visiting lecturer at Harvard Business School in Boston.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
The median home price is roughly five times the median household income, according to Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies; in the 1990s, it was closer to three times.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
He entered Harvard Medical School in the fall of 1984.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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