Harvard University. Steward.

Early Years, 1638-1642

The first students to attend Harvard, in 1638, suffered under the care of Nathaniel Eaton, appointed to head the new College a year earlier. Eaton and his wife shared responsibility for overseeing the residential life of Harvard students, duties that would later become the domain of the College Steward. The conclusion of Eaton's problematic one-year term came with his wife's apologies for the "sin of neglect" in providing for the students' basic nutritional needs, and his termination. His successor, Henry Dunster, served as Harvard's President from 1640 to 1654, and during his tenure, the Corporation created the position of College Steward.

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