Well-Known Harvard University Attendees

About Harvard

• Harvard University is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and was created in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard was the first higher education school in the United States.

• It was named after it’s benefactor, John Harvard.

• Radcliffe College was established in 1879 as it’s sister school, was became a prominent school for women.

• Harvard is currently known as one of the best ivy league schools in the United States.

• Harvard generally has about 20,000 students. This includes undergraduate, graduate, and professional students.

• Harvard University is “devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders in many disciplines who make a difference globally.”

Natalie Portman

• Natalie Portman not only attended Harvard, but graduated as well.

• She is most known for her role in the Star Wars prequel trilogy, V for Vendetta, and Black Swan.

• She enrolled in 1999 to study psychology and graduated in with her bachelors degree in 2003.

Ken Mehlman

• Ken Mehlman is a well-known Republican politician who was the campaign manager for the successful George W. Bush reelection campaign.

• Recently, he has been speaking out on civil marriage after he launched Project Right Side. This organization is trying to get more conservatives to support marriage equality.

• Mehlman attended Harvard Law with Barack Obama, and received his JD in 1991.

Barack Obama

• Barack Obama is the current, and 44th President of the United States.

• Obama first graduated from Columbia University, and then went onto Harvard Law School and earned his law degree.

• He has worked as a civil rights attorney in Chicago.

Matt Damon

• Matt Damon is known The Bourne series and Good Will Hunting. He started his career writing the Good Will Hunting screenplay with his friend Ben Affleck.

• Damon and Affleck both starred in this movie, which ended up being the start of a very successful career for both of them.

• He attended Harvard University and studied theater from 1988 to 1992. He never graduated, because he left to pursue a career in acting.

Theodore Roosevelt

• Theodore, more famously known as "Teddy" Roosevelt, graduated from Harvard University in 1880 and studied biology.

• Afterwards, he was elected to the New York State Assembly. Here, he became the leader of the reform faction for the Republican Party.

• He later on became the 26th President of the United States.