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.
A timeline of major events in the O.J. Simpson armed robbery and kidnapping case: â June 12, 1994 â Simpson's ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman are found dead in Los Angeles. â Oct. 3, 1995 â Simpson acquitted of two counts of murder in Los Angeles.