Boston Whaler is a boat company that builds foam filled fiberglass boats. Boston whaler was founded in 1958 by Richard T Fisher, and is still in business today.
Richard T Fisher was the designer of the original Boston Whaler. Fisher graduated from Harvard University

Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

 in 1936 and majored in Philosophy. He was running an electric relay company, but he was interested in building small lightweight boats out of balsa wood.