Fox Club (Harvard)
 The logo of the Fox Club | |
| Formation | 1898 |
|---|---|
| Type | Student society |
| Headquarters | Harvard University |
| Location | |
Region served | United States |
Official language | English |
| Website |
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The Fox Club is one of the eight originally male-only final clubs at Harvard University.
History
The Fox Club was founded in 1898 by a group of six undergraduate students. Originally known as the Digamma Club, the name Fox and the Club’s symbol, a fox carrying the letter "F", grew from the similarity between the letter "F" and the archaic Greek character for "Digamma", which primarily signifies the number 6. The clubhouse has three floors that serve both the undergraduate and alumni membership, as well as an underground level where club members may invite guests. The clubhouse was built in 1906 and designed by Guy Lowell, a prominent American architect who also designed the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the New York State Supreme Court Building. The building is located on 44 John F. Kennedy Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is a city historic landmark or otherwise protected property.
All-male status
In 2015, the club was one of the last of Harvard's final clubs to admit women, but in a less than full status by the club's undergraduate board. In an August 2016 vote by the club's graduate members, nine women were given a provisional membership to become members. The provisional member status expired in June 2017 and male provisional members could reapply to continue as graduate members, but the female provisional members, who have since graduated, were not asked to reapply. As of July 2017, the club has reverted an all-male membership going forward.[1]
Notable members
- T.S. Eliot, British essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic[2]
- Van Wyck Brooks, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, literary critic, and biographer[3]
- Hermann Hagedorn, American author, poet, and biographer[4]
- King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, King of Nepal from 1972 to 2001[5]Coordinates: 42°37′23.9″N 71°1′20.2″W / 42.623306°N 71.022278°W
- Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., U.S. senator from Massachusetts and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, South Vietnam, West Germany, and the Holy See[6][7]
- John Davis Lodge, former actor and politician, congressman, 79th governor of Connecticut, and U.S. ambassador to Spain, Argentina, and Switzerland[8]
- Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation[9][10]
- Steve Ballmer, former chief executive officer of Microsoft[10]
- Paul Wylie, figure skater[11]
- Maxwell Perkins, literary editor and publisher who gave writers Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald their start.[12] Hemingway dedicated The Old Man and the Sea to Perkins.[13]
- Peter J. Gomes, American preacher and theologian, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals at Harvard Divinity School and Pusey Minister at Harvard's Memorial Church[14]
- David Herbert Donald, American historian[15]
- Paul A. Freund, American jurist and law professor[16]
- Robert G. Albion, Harvard's first professor of oceanic history[17]
- Fernando Zóbel de Ayala y Montojo, Spanish Filipino painter and businessman[18]
- Jaime Zobel de Ayala, Filipino businessman, philanthropist, and art photographer; chairman emeritus of Ayala Corporation[19]
Notes
- ↑ Krantz, Laura (2017-07-06). "Nine women stripped of membership in Harvard club". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
- ↑ Kirsch, Adam (2015-07-01). "The Young T.S. Eliot". Harvard Magazine.com. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
- ↑ Hoopes, James (1997). Van Wyck Brooks: In Search of American Culture. Amherst: Univ of Massachusetts Press. pp. 29–30. ISBN 0-87023-212-6.
- ↑ Hermann Hagedorn
- ↑ No writer attributed (1983-12-07). "Ex-Harvard Student to Return as King". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
- ↑ Gale, Mary Ellen (1960-11-04). "Lodge at Harvard: Loyal Conservation 'Who Knew Just What He Wanted to Do'". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
- ↑ Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
- ↑ John Davis Lodge
- ↑ Seward, Zachary M (2007-03-22). "Gates Will Address Grads". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
- 1 2 Leibovich, Mark (2000-12-31). "Alter Egos". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
- ↑ Nessralla, Richelle (1992-02-27). "Olympians Come Back With Medals". The Harvard Crimson. 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
- ↑ Peter J. Gomes
- ↑ David Herbert Donald
- ↑ Paul A. Freund
- ↑ Robert G. Albion
- ↑ Fernando Zóbel de Ayala y Montojo
- ↑ Jaime Zobel de Ayala
References
- "FOX CLUB UNDERGRADUATE ASSOCIATION, INC., Summary Screen", The Commonwealth Of Massachusetts, William Francis Galvin, Secretary Of The Commonwealth, Corporations Division