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Boston’s Avenue Louis Pasteur near Harvard UniversityLaid out on January 17, 1907, shortly after Harvard opened its new medical school campus, the beautiful Avenue Louis Pasteur in Boston runs from Longwood Avenue to the Fenway, east of Brookline Avenue. During lengthy community discussions, Charles William Eliot, Harvard’s president from 1869 to 1909, emerged as one of the most ardent advocates of naming the new avenue for Louis Pasteur. President Eliot said: “Pasteur is the name of a man who, more than anyone else, did the most for medicine in the nineteenth century. Of humble beginnings, Pasteur became a worldwide force in medical science.... It seems that giving the boulevard his name would best indicate this to future generations. I am in favor of this name for sentimental reasons. Americans have a debt of gratitude to France, and here we have the opportunity to show that we remember what France did for us during the Revolution – not only its king but also its citizens.... I think we will find no more appropriate name; Louis Pasteur’s name will teach the children of future generations that which we wish them to know.” Date: 1907 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Acknowledgment: The Boston and Massachusetts Historical Societies, Simmons College Archives, Harvard Medical Library, and Delphine Levy
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