Why Boston?

Boston, Massachusetts is a city with a wide variety of life and vibrancy. It is home to some of the most prestigious colleges and universities in the nation and continues to have a global impact through these institutions of higher learning. Some of the colleges in the Boston area include Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Berklee College of Music, Tufts University, and Boston College. There are over 250,000 college students and over 100 colleges and universities in the Boston metro area. In fact, many of the best and the brightest students within our nation and around the world attend college in the Boston area.

All of the following individuals were educated in Boston and have had an imprint on our country in some capacity:

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Civil Rights Leader
• Geena Davis, Actress
• Pierre and Pamela Omidyar, Founders of eBay
• Matt Damon, Actor
• Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General
• Bill Gates, Microsoft Founder
• George W. Bush, President
• Quincy Jones, Music Producer
• Jay Leno, Talk Show Host