The tower of Dunster House

Dunster House was built in 1930, and is one of the first two Harvard University dormitories constructed under President Abbott Lawrence Lowell's House Plan, and one of the seven Houses given to Harvard by Edward Harkness. The House was named in honor of Henry Dunster, a "learned, conscionable and industrious man," who became the first President of Harvard University, and was appointed to the Harvard presidency at the age of thirty-one, immediately after his arrival in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1640. He held the office during the early "troublous" years of the Colony, and left the College in 1654 after it had become a well-established institution. Image File history File linksMetadata Dunster. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Dunster. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... Abbott Lawrence Lowell, portrait by John Singer Sargent U.S. educator, historian, and President of Harvard University (1909–33), Abbott Lawrence Lowell (January 1, 1856–January 6, 1943) was born to Augustus Lowell and his wife Katherine Bigelow Lowell at the families 10 acre estate in Brookline, MA. The Lowell... Edward Stephen Harkness (1874 - 1940) was an American philanthropist. ... Henry Dunster(c. ... The President is the chief administrator of Harvard University. ... The Massachusetts Bay Colony (sometimes called the Massachusetts Bay Company, for the institution that founded it) was an English settlement on the east coast of North America in the 17th century, in New England, centered around the present-day cities of Salem and Boston. ...

The tower of Dunster House is inspired by, but somewhat smaller than, the famous Big Tom Tower of Christ Church, Oxford. Above the east wing is the Dunster family coat of arms. College name Christ Church Named after Jesus Christ Established 1546 Sister College Trinity College Dean The Very Revd Christopher Andrew Lewis JCR President William Dorsey Undergraduates 426 Graduates 154 Home page Boat Club Christ Church (Latin: Ædes Christi, the temple or house of Christ, and thus once commonly and still... A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ...

Dunster is located on the banks of the Charles River, next to the John W. Weeks Footbridge, which links Harvard's Allston and Cambridge campuses. Legend has it that seniors traditionally jump from the footbridge the night before commencement.

Dunster, like many of the Harvard Houses, has many yearly traditions, including The Messiah sing-a-long in the winter, the Goat Roast in the spring, the keg races in the fall, and the yearly Dunster House Opera. Messiah (1741) is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel. ...

Dunster's current Masters are Roger Porter, who served in the White House during the administrations of both Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, and Ann Porter. The House's first master was Chester N. Greenough (Harvard '98), English Professor and former Dean of Harvard College. Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ... George Herbert Walker Bush, GCB, (born June 12, 1924 in Milton, MA) was the 41st President of the United States (1989–1993). ...

Famous inhabitants of Dunster House have included Al Gore and Tommy Lee Jones, who were roommates there in the late 1960s. Other notable Dunster alumni include Al Franken, Darren Aronofsky, Christopher Durang, Susan Faludi, David Halberstam, Steve Hely, Lindsay Hyde, Norman Mailer, Junior Shabadu, Jimmie Joseph Johnson, Erich Segal, Caspar Weinberger, and Ryan Fitzpatrick. Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. ... Jones on the cover of the DVD for U.S. Marshals Tommy Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) is an Oscar-winning American actor and director. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... Al Franken (credit: Bill Hayward) Alan Stuart Franken (born May 21, 1951) is an American comedian, author, screenwriter, political commentator, and radio host, noted for his liberal politics. ... Darren Aronofsky Darren Aronofsky (born February 12, 1969 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American film director. ... Christopher Durang (born January 2, 1949) is a contemporary playwright, especially popular in the 1980s, known for works of outrageous and often absurd comedy. ... Susan Faludi is a feminist and author of two well-known books: Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women (1992; ISBN 0385425074) Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man (1999) Backlash argued that the 1980s saw a backlash against feminism, especially due to the spread of negative stereotypes against career... David Halberstam (born April 10, 1934), American journalist and author, was born in New York City. ... Steve Hely is a writer and story editor for American Dad!, and a 2002 graduate of Harvard University. ... Lindsay Hyde is Founder and Executive Director of Strong Women, Strong Girls, Inc. ... Norman Mailer, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Norman Kingsley Mailer (born January 31, 1923) is an American writer and, along with Truman Capote, is considered an innovator of Creative nonfiction. ... Erich Wolf Segal (born June 16, 1937 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American author, screenwriter and educator. ... Caspar Weinberger in his official Department of Defence publicity photo circa 1983. ... Ryan Joseph Fitzpatrick (born November 24, 1982) is an NFL quarterback for the Saint Louis Rams, and was a star for the Harvard University Crimson. ...

Dunster's mascot is the moose, inspired by the three golden elk on the Dunster family crest. Binomial name Alces alces (Linnaeus, 1758) Moose range map Alces alces, called the moose in North America and the elk in Europe (see also elk for other animals called elk) is the largest member of the deer family Cervidae, distinguished from other members of Cervidae by the form of the... Binomial name Alces alces (Linnaeus, 1758) Moose range map Alces alces, called the moose in North America and the elk in Europe (see also elk for other animals called elk) is the largest member of the deer family Cervidae, distinguished from other members of Cervidae by the form of the... So far as the United Kingdom, the Americas and the Commonwealth are concerned, there is no such thing as a family crest. ...

External link

• Dunster House official site