Index
Personnel: John Palfrey at MacArthur Foundation (President)
Verdictconfirmed95%
1 check · 7/20/20261 → confirmed
Our claim
entire record- Person
- kiLEjAWWLk
- Role
- President
- Role Type
- key-person
- Start Date
- 2019
- Is Founder
- No
- Notes
- John Palfrey became the sixth president of the MacArthur Foundation effective September 1, 2019. Previously head of the Phillips Academy. Confirmed via Harvard Gazette as of 2026-06-07.
Source evidence
1 src · 1 checknews.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/09/john-palfrey-takes-over-the-macarthur-foundation-as-its-sixth-president/resource
confirmed95%Haiku 4.5 · 7/20/2026
NoteThe source explicitly confirms all key fields: (1) person is John Palfrey, (2) organization is MacArthur Foundation (referred to as 'the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation'), (3) role is President (stated as 'sixth president'), and (4) startDate is 2019 (the announcement was made 'In March' and the role 'began Sept. 1', which contextually refers to 2019 given the article's publication timing and the interview discussion of his recent transition from Phillips Academy Andover where he served 'from 2012 to 2019'). All four fields in the record are directly supported by the source text.
Case № Jr7WzA3vRCFiled 7/20/2026Confidence 95%