It was named after the Collegeâs first benefactor, the young minister John Harvard of Charlestown, who upon his death in 1638 left his library and half his estate to the institution. A statue of John Harvard stands today in front of University Hall in Harvard Yard, and is perhaps the Universityâs best known landmark.
This article is about the college in California. For the college in Iowa refer to Simpson College. Simpson University is a private, liberal arts college located on a 92-acre (37 ha) campus in Redding, California.
O.J. Simpson was born on July 9, 1947, in San Francisco, California. After a successful college football career at USC, winning the Heisman Trophy, Simpson went on to star in the NFL as a running back. He left football in 1979 to pursue what would become a relatively successful acting and commentating career.