Harvard gets first woman president

He later apologised for his remarks.

 

He was also embroiled in a public feud with the African-American Studies department that erupted shortly after he became president in 2001.

 

Faust also becomes the first president without a Harvard degree since Charles Chauncy, who graduated from Cambridge University, died in office in 1672.

 

She attended Bryn Mawr College and the University of Pennsylvania, where she was also a professor of Southern history.

 

The Harvard presidency is one of the most prestigious jobs in US higher education and the university has a budget of $30bn.