Pulitzer Prize winning poet Robert Frost, who wrote his first poem while attending Lawrence High School, here appears at fellow Harvardian John F. Kennedy's inauguration -- but the poem he recited was not the the one he intended.

Colonel Samuel Osgood, an Andover hero of the Revolutionary War and Harvard graduate, became first Postmaster General of the new United States.

Thomas Barnard, a young minister in Andover and graduate of Harvard College, spread 17th c. withcraft hysteria.

Samuel Francis Smith, a Harvard College graduate, wrote the lyrics to "America" while living in Andover.

Andover physician Dr. Howard K. Koh, former Director of Public Health Practice at the Harvard School of Public Health, assumed a top U.S. health post in the administration of President Barack Obama.

Samuel Phillips, Jr., Harvard College 1771, founded Phillips Academy in a converted carpenter shop in Andover.

William Symmes, a Harvard College graduate from Andover, played a pivotal role in the ratification of the U. S. Constitution.

Abbott Lawrence, a major benefactor of Harvard, founded the city of Lawrence.

Harvard grad Isaac Abbot’s inn in Andover where George Washington visited is still standing.

Gen. Walter Hill, a Haverhill native and Harvard graduate, won the Medal of Honor.