Nathan M. Pusey

Nathan M. Pusey was a trustee of the Avalon Foundation and a founding trustee of the Mellon Foundation. As president, Mr. Pusey deepened our focus on supporting higher education and humanistic scholarship.

Before stepping into his role at Mellon, Mr. Pusey was the president of Harvard University, where he oversaw the inauguration of new programs particularly in international and area studies, the introduction of need-blind financial aid, the revival of the Divinity School, and significant growth in the university's financial assets. He served as president of Lawrence College (now Lawrence University), and began his career teaching classics, literature, and history at Lawrence College, Scripps College, and Wesleyan University.

Mr. Pusey was the author of two books, and in 1963 he produced what came to be known as the "Pusey Report"--a landmark study of theological education.