The university of Massachusetts (UMASS) was founded in 1863. Since 140, it has had a decisive impact on the development of economy, culture and education in the northeastern United States. About 60,000 students are distributed in five campuses centered on Boston: Boston, amherst, Dartmouth, Lowell and Worcester. The University of Massachusetts in Boston has 1 1 colleges with about 17000 students. The school has trained a large number of outstanding talents, including former Boston Mayor Tom Nino, John Warner, the father of green chemistry, and Pulitzer Prize winner Lloyd Swartz. The current president of the United States is an honorary doctor of law in the Law School, and Zhang Haidi, the chairman of the China Disabled Persons' Federation, is also an honorary doctor of humanities, arts and literature in the school.