<p>Or to see who graduated valedictorian in the last 10 years? Thanks</p>
<p>They got rid of the Dean’s List at Harvard about five years ago, and Harvard, to my understanding, has never had a valedictorian.</p>
<p>There are various levels of honors degrees, such as cum laude, magna cum laude, and summa cum laude. The system for awarding them is described here:</p>
<p>[FAS</a> Handbook for Students: Chapter 2: Academic Information](<a href=“http://webdocs.registrar.fas.harvard.edu/ugrad_handbook/current/chapter2/grades_honors.html]FAS”>http://webdocs.registrar.fas.harvard.edu/ugrad_handbook/current/chapter2/grades_honors.html)</p>
<p>Much of the system for awarding honors is determined by the department rather than by the school, so it would depend on your concentration.</p>
<p>There is also Phi Beta Kappa, which is a very old academic society that accepts approximately 10% of the graduating class. Information about it can be found here:</p>
<p>[Phi</a> Beta Kappa: Alpha Iota of Massachusetts](<a href=“http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~pbk/]Phi”>http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~pbk/)</p>
<p>Finally, there are a great number of prizes offered, awarded for outstanding theses, undergraduate essays, achievement in the arts, and many others. Information about these and past winners can be found here:</p>
<p>[Harvard</a> FAS Prize Office](<a href=“http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~secfas/PrizeOfficeHome.htm]Harvard”>http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~secfas/PrizeOfficeHome.htm)</p>
<p>Why are you interested in such a list?</p>
<p>ETA: It’s possible Harvard might have had a valedictorian a very, very long time ago, I’m just confident there hasn’t been one in a long time, certainly not the last ten years.</p>
<p>The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act prohibits universities from giving out details of a student’s educational record to anyone other than the student or persons whom the student designates.</p>
<p>More than ten years. I graduated in 1978. My recollection was that there was a listing that grouped the honors graduates. A small group graduated “summa cum laude” an even smaller group “magna cum laude with highest honors in their department” and so on.</p>