Straus Hall

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Straus Hall is one of the undergraduate dormitories housing first-year students at Harvard University. It is located in Harvard Yard.

Three Harvard brothers built Straus Hall to commemorate their parents, Isidor Straus and Ida Straus, who died on the Titanic. Straus was the last freshman dormitory to become coeducational.

Past residents include William S. Burroughs, David Souter, John Roberts, Phil Bredesen, Tom Ridge, Darren Aronofsky, Welton E. Blount, Jr., Soledad O'Brien, Tim Wirth, Jon Husson and Joseph Lelyveld. (Source: Dorm History Search at http://hcs.harvard.edu/~dorms/)