Harvard Board of Overseers

The Harvard Board of Overseers (more formally The Honorable and Reverend the Board of Overseers) is one of Harvard University's two governing boards. Although its function is more consultative and less hands-on than the President and Fellows of Harvard College, the Board of Overseers is sometimes referred to as the "senior" governing board because its 1642 formation[1] predates the Fellows' 1650 incorporation.

Unlike the Harvard Corporation, the Board of Overseers is not a fiduciary governing board, but instead "has the power of consent to certain actions of the Corporation."[2]

  1. ^ University, Harvard. "Leadership and Governance". Harvard University. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  2. ^ "2.2. Harvard University Governance". Faculty of Medicine Handbook. Retrieved 2024-01-03.

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