Fox Club (Harvard)
The Fox Club is a Final Club at Harvard University. The Club was founded in 1898 as the Digamma Club, by a group of six undergraduates. The name "Fox" and the club’s symbol, a rampant fox carrying the letter "F" grew from the similarity between the Greek character for Digamma, HJH, and the letter F, as well as the traditional east-coast sport of fox hunting. The club is located on 44 John F. Kennedy Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts and is a city landmark or otherwise protected property.[1] With the distinctive trademark on the front door, one can spot it on a stroll to Harvard Stadium from campus.
Notable alumni
- T. S. Eliot, poet, dramatist and literary critic.[2]
- Van Wyck Brooks, literary critic, biographer and historian.[2]
- Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., former Senator and Ambassador to Vietnam.[3]
- King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, King of Nepal from 1972 to 2001.[4]
- Bill Gates, Co-founder, Chairman and Chief Software Architect of Microsoft and Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.[5][6]
- Steve Ballmer, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft.[6]
- Michael McLaughlin, Co-founder, Peloton Advantage, founder, PRN.
- Paul Wylie, Figure skater.[7]
- Maxwell Perkins, literary editor and publisher who gave writers Ernest Hemingway and F.Scott Fitzgerald their start.[8] Hemingway dedicated The Old Man and the Sea to Perkins.[9]
- Ewan O'Connor - International Australian rugby player
References
- ^ Cambridge Historical Commission, "City of Cambridge, Landmarks and Other Protected Properties", 2009.
- ^ a b Hoopes, James (1997). Van Wyck Brooks: In Search of American Culture. Amherst: Univ of Massachusetts Press. pp. 29–30. ISBN 0870232126. http://books.google.com/books?id=QQQkISYgz5kC&pg=PA30&lpg=PA30&dq=%22van+wyck+brooks%22+%22fox+club%22&source=web&ots=WkrbutpoJD&sig=rvabrEOeQhPlTSElgzB16LGpa5A#PPA29,M1.
- ^ Gale, Mary Ellen (1960-11-04). "Lodge at Harvard: Loyal Conservation 'Who Knew Just What He Wanted to Do'". The Harvard Crimson. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=244478. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
- ^ No writer attributed (1983-12-07). "Ex-Harvard Student to Return as King". The Harvard Crimson. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=220051. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
- ^ Seward, Zachary M (2007-03-22). "Gates Will Address Grads". The Harvard Crimson. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=517891. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
- ^ a b Leibovich, Mark (2000-12-31). "Alter Egos". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/15/AR2006061501411.html. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
- ^ Nessralla, Richelle (1992-02-27). "Olympians Come Back With Medals". The Harvard Crimson. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=235647. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
- ^ "Maxwell Perkins: editor of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Dawn Powell, and Thomas Wolfe", Library of America, Monday, September 20, 2010]
- ^ Perkins, Maxwell Evarts; Baughman, Judith, The sons of Maxwell Perkins: letters of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe, and their editor, University of South Carolina Press, 2004]. Cf. p. xxvii