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Nov 14, 2022 · By Rahem D. Hamid, Crimson Staff Writer. November 14, 2022. Seven members of Harvard’s Class of 2023 have been selected as Rhodes Scholars to pursue postgraduate studies at the University of...
December 18, 1967. Six Harvard seniors were named 1968 Rhodes Scholars yesterday. Alan D. Bersin, of Kirkland House and Brooklyn, N.Y.; William A. Fletcher, of Kirkland House and Seattle,...
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He was succeeded by John Huston Finley '25 Ph. D. '33 (1942-68) who cultivated Eliot's somewhat deserved reputation as the bastion of Rhodes scholars, champion rowers, and Yankee aristocrats. Alan Heimert '49 Ph. D. '60 and his wife Arline Grimes Heimert were co-masters from 1968-1991, and they managed the introduction of co-education and co ...
Rhodes House. This house was built by William H. Rhodes, carpenter of talent, who was born in New York City in 1833 and died in Eliot in 1913. William and his Dutch-born wife moved here from Springfield, Massachusetts.
Under Finley, Eliot House received more Rhodes Scholarships than most colleges. Eliot House celebrates the life and legacy of a remarkable figure who would be described as “a living embodiment of Harvard.”
Between the 1930s and 1990s, when students were able to submit House preferences during the House assignment process, Eliot House had a reputation for attracting the social elite, including students from Boston Brahmin society, as well as champion rowers and Rhodes scholars.
