Records of the Grant Study, 1938-1963.

Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

William T. Grant Foundation

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Wells, Frederic Lyman, 1884-

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Harvard University. Dept. of Hygiene. Grant Study.

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The Grant Study, financed by the William T. Grant Foundation, was initiated by the Dept. of Hygiene in 1938. Its intention was the study of physical, psychological and social factors in "normal young men." From the description of Records of the Grant Study, 1938-1963. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972544 ...

Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Brookline, Massachusetts. John Kennedy, the second of nine children, attended Choate Academy (1932-1935), Princeton University (1935-36), Harvard College (1936-40), and Stanford Business School (1941). In 1940, he published a book based on his senior thesis entitled "Why England Slept." The book criticized British policy of Appeasement. In 1941, Kennedy enlisted in the Navy. In August 1943, Kenn...