Tufts University

Tufts University is a private university located in Medford, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. In 1852, Charles Tufts founded Tufts College and donated the land for the campus on Walnut Hill, the highest point in Medford. Tufts said that he wanted to set a "light on the hill." Originally affiliated with the Universalist Church, Tufts is now non-sectarian. The name changed to "Tufts University" in 1954, although the corporate name remains "the Trustees of Tufts College."

University leadership

Presidents of the university:

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• Reverend Hosea Ballou II (1853?1861)
• Reverend Alonzo Ames Miner (1862?1875)
• Reverend Elmer Hewitt Capen (1875?1905)
• Reverend Frederick W. Hamilton (1905?1912)
• William Leslie Hooper (1912?1914)
• Hermon Carey Bumpus (1914?1919)
• John Albert Cousens (1919?1937)
• Leonard Carmichael (1938?1952)
• Nils Vngve Wessell (1953?1966)
• Burton Crosby Hallowell (1967?1976)
• Jean Mayer (1976?1992)
• John DiBaggio (1992?2001)
• Lawrence S. Bacow (2001?present)