George Washington University

See Washington University (disambiguation) for institutions with similar names.

The George Washington University

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Motto	Deus Nobis Fiducia (In God Our Trust)
Type	Private
Established	1821
Endowment	US $1.019 billion.
President	Stephen Joel Trachtenberg
Academic staff	4,501
Undergraduates	10,831
Postgraduates	12,634
Location	Washington , D.C. , USA
Campus	Urban: Foggy Bottom campus, 43 acres; Mount Vernon campus in Foxhall, 26 acres
Colors	Buff and Blue
Nickname	G.W.
Mascot	Colonial File:Colonials.gif
Website	www.gwu.edu

The George Washington University (GWU), or informally, G.W., is a private, coeducational, non-sectarian university located in Washington, D.C.. Founded in 1821 as the Columbian College, the university has since developed into a leading educational and research institution. The 43-acre campus, located in the city's historic Foggy Bottom neighborhood, is situated a few blocks from the White House and the rest of the National Mall. In 1999, the university acquired the Mount Vernon College for Women. As of 2007, G.W. is ranked 52nd on U.S. News & World Report's list of Top National Universities. By some measures, George Washington University charges the highest undergraduate tuition of any institution in the country at $37,820 a year (as measured in 2006), however the University employs a fixed-tuition plan whereby undergraduates do not experience tuition increases during their 4-year tenure to justify the high tuition.

In addition to 4,500 staff members, The George Washington University enrolls a balance of about 10,400 undergraduate and 12,500 graduate students.

G.W.'s primary student media are its major campus newspaper called The GW Hatchet, a university funded news website called The Daily Colonial,[2], and the student internet radio station WRGW[3]. It is a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference for collegiate athletics. The official school colors are buff and blue, based on the military uniform of George Washington.

Campuses

The university has three campuses: The main campus in Foggy Bottom, the Mount Vernon campus in northern Washington, D.C., and the Virginia campus in Ashburn, Virginia. The university also owns buildings around the Foggy Bottom campus that are not used for academic purposes; these include the mall at 2000 Pennsylvania Ave, and the land under the International Monetary Fund building. The university acts as landlord for these properties and collects lease money from its tenants. The university has also retained ownership of the former medical school and hospital site on H Street, near 15th Street, NW in the downtown area and has developed a revenue-producing office building on the site.

Foggy Bottom Campus

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Kogan Plaza, situated at the center of campus

This is the main campus, occupying 43 acres (170,000 m²) and over one hundred buildings on fourteen city blocks, plus portions of other blocks. The centerpiece of the main campus is University Yard, the historic green space between Corcoran and Stockton halls.

Some major and notable buildings are:

• Libraries: Melvin Gelman Library, Jacob Burns Law Library, Paul Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library.
• Medical
  • The George Washington University Hospital serves the university and the entire region. It is a level one trauma center and is Washington DC's only hyperbaric chamber. This is typically where presidents in need of urgent medical help are taken, as was President Ronald Reagan after a failed assassination attempt in 1981. Vice President Dick Cheney has also been taken to The George Washington University Hospital on multiple occasions for treatment and evaluation. Recently, on December 13, Senator Tim Johnson (D-South Dakota), was rushed to GWU Hospital for evaluation after he began slurring his speech and was subsequently treated for an arteriovenous malformation.
  • The current hospital is across the street from the lot of the old hospital, which was torn down in 2003-2004.
  • The primary academic building for the School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) is Ross Hall, which is located adjacent to the hospital.
• Academic
  • 814 20th St, formerly the Union Methodist Episcopal Church, construction starting in 1846, making it the oldest building in the university.
  • Academic Center, a complex of three buildings, Phillips Hall, Rome Hall and Smith Hall of Art.
  • Corcoran Hall, built in 1924 as the first building built for GW on the Foggy Bottom campus, is the birthplace of the bazooka. It contains the academic departments of Chemistry and Physics.
  • 1957 E St., completed in 2003 as the new home to the Elliott School of International Affairs and the Department of Geography, as well as lecture halls and dormitory rooms. GW Alumnus Gen. Colin Powell visited GW to officially open this building.
  • Tompkins Hall, containing the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS).
  • Media & Public Affairs building, containing the Luther W. Brady Art Gallery and the Jack Morton Auditorium, where CNN's Crossfire was broadcast until June 3, 2005; it later hosted CNN's On The Story which taped weekly on Friday evenings and aired the following Saturday and Reliable Sources.
  • Duquès Hall, opened in January 2006 for classes and officially on February 8, 2006, contains the School of Business and features a model trading floor and state of the art classrooms.
• Mixed Use
  • Cloyd Heck Marvin Center, containing a food court, J Street (the name a reference to the absence of a J Street in the District of Columbia), the Cafritz Conference Center, and the Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre, as well as facilities, studios, and offices of the academic department of Theatre and Dance. The fifth floor houses the Hippodrome, containing one of only 2 public bowling alleys in the District of Columbia.
  • Grant School, the School Without Walls, is used for evening university classes.
• Activity
  • Lisner Auditorium, also containing the Dimock Gallery of Art. The auditorium, at its opening, was the largest in the District of Columbia.
  • 1925 F Street Club Once a private residence, it is now the Alumni House.
• Athletic: The centerpiece is the Charles E. Smith Center, home of the Colonials and a fully equipped athletics center which occupies nearly an entire city block. There are also two tennis courts nearby, and the Lerner Health and Wellness Center.
• Residences: There are 24 residence halls (not including townhouses) on the Foggy Bottom campus, capable of housing over 6000 students in either co-habitational or exclusively women's environments.
• Other Holdings: The university has many holdings in the area, either just the land or the buildings as well. Among these are the mall at 2000 Pennsylvania Ave, an office and retail building at 2100 Pennsylvania Ave, the George Washington University Inn, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and several foreign embassies.
• The University has announced a twenty-year plan for the development of the Foggy Bottom Campus. Plans include construction on the vacant lot at D.C. square 54, formerly the site of the George Washington University Hospital.

Mount Vernon Campus

This suburban campus, originally the Mount Vernon College for Women. located on 23 acres (93,000 m²) in northwest Washington, D.C., was purchased by the university in 1999. Founded by Elizabeth Somers, the school was previously a seminary for women. The Elizabeth Somers Women's Leadership Program, a unique residential-academic program for first-year female undergraduate students, is based on this campus.

The Eckles Memorial Library serves this campus, and there are NCAA Division 1 fields for women's softball, women's and men's soccer, and women's lacrosse.

Nicknamed "The Vern", the campus is served by a shuttle service called the Vern Express.

There are six residence halls on this campus, all co-habitational:

• Clark: 37-student capacity in traditional double rooms.
• Cole: 43-student capacity in traditional double rooms.
• Hensley: 39-student capacity in traditional single and double rooms.
• Merriweather: 43-student capacity in traditional double rooms.
• Pelham: 78-student capacity in single rooms.
• Somers: 246-student capacity in traditional single and double rooms, including members of the Women's Leadership Program.

Locations in Virginia

The George Washington University operates several locations in Virginia. Among these are the Alexandria Graduate Education Center in Alexandria; Graduate Education Center, Arlington in Arlington; Hampton Roads Center in more distant Newport News; and the Virginia Campus in Ashburn. This does not include the various Virginia satellite locations where classes are also held (variously in Chesapeake, Mechanicsville, McLean, Richmond, and Virginia Beach).

History

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One of four original buildings of The Columbian College, circa 1850

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University Building, second campus, circa 1900

George Washington had long argued for the creation of a university in the District of Columbia. In his will, he bequeathed fifty shares of the Potomac Company to support such an institution. He wrote, "I give and bequeath in perpetuity the fifty shares which I hold in the Potomac Company (under the aforesaid Acts of the Legislature of Virginia) towards the endowment of a University to be established within the limits of the District of Columbia, under the auspices of the General Government, if that Government should incline to extend a fostering hand towards it." The shares turned out to not be worth very much, but Washington's idea for a university continued.

Aware of Washington's wishes, a group of men led by Baptist missionary and minister Luther Rice raised funds to purchase a site for a college to educate citizens for work as missionaries and clergy. A large building was constructed on College Hill, which is now known as Meridian Hill, and on February 9 1821, President James Monroe approved the Congressional charter creating The Columbian College. President Monroe, John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, the Marquis de Lafayette and other dignitaries attended the college's first commencement exercises in 1824.

The college's buildings were used as a hospital during the Civil War. At times, academic and administrative departments have occupied other buildings around Washington, including what is now the National Museum of Women in the Arts on New York Avenue in northwest Washington.

The name of the institution was changed to Columbian University in 1873 and, in an agreement with the George Washington Memorial Association, to The George Washington University in 1904. The university was among the first American institutions to grant a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in 1888.

During the Vietnam era Thurston Hall, a notorious undergraduate dormitory housing 875 students was (according to campus folklore) a notorious staging ground for Student Anti-War Demonstrations (at 1900 F street, the building is just 3 blocks from The White House).

Since the 1970s, through the presidencies of Lloyd Hartman Elliott and Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, GWU has become a major undergraduate and graduate institution. In December 2006, the university named Johns Hopkins University provost Steven Knapp its next president, to begin his term on August 1 2007.

In June 1999, the university purchased the campus of the defunct Mount Vernon College for Women in Georgetown which became the school's Mount Vernon Campus, named for the nearby Mount Vernon, home of the university's namesake.

Academics

Students at the University participate in a wide variety of educational opportunities inside and outside of the classroom. 9,700 full-time undergraduates are studying in 87 majors with 1,500 in business, 500 in engineering, 2,000 in international affairs, 700 in communications and media, 800 in sciences and math, 2,900 in social sciences, and 1,300 in arts, languages, and humanities. Nearly 900 students participate in GWU's Study Abroad Programs each semester in 50 countries.[4] Additionally, about 125 entering students each fall join the University Honors Program community of 500 students. These students routinely live in the Scholars' Village, which is a unique academic housing concept for upperclassmen. Each "villager" has competed for a space in this prestigious "themed-house" environment.

The University also offers a number of specialized programs[5] for undergraduates, which include:

• University Honors Program
• Six-Year B.A./J.D. Program
• Seven-Year Integrated B.A./M.D. Program
• Combined Bachelor's/Master's Programs
• Scholars in Quantitative and Natural Sciences
• Integrated Engineering and Law Program
• Elizabeth Somers Women's Leadership Program
• Presidential Arts Program in Theatre, Dance, Music, and Fine Arts
• Dean's Scholars in Shakespeare
• Dean's Scholars in Globalization

The George Washington University has a medical school and its own hospital. It has a highly ranked law school, The George Washington University Law School. The Elliott School of International Affairs (ESIA) is home to many top-ranked undergraduate and graduate programs in international affairs. The GW School of Business (GWSB) is also highly ranked: #14 in International Business and the 10th best MBA program for women.

In addition to offering courses on its Foggy Bottom and Mount Vernon campuses, GW faculty teach a large number of graduate courses in the suburbs of Washington (in Maryland and Virginia). The Graduate School of Political Management primarily holds their classes in the Hall of the States building at 444 North Capitol Street, located on north side of the U.S. Capitol Building and Senate offices.

Medical school students in class (1958)

Organization

The university is governed by a Board of Trustees[6]. The Board is responsible for selecting the President of the University, who is charged with managing the institution.

The university is organized into nine schools and colleges:

• Columbian College of Arts and Sciences (CCAS)
  • School of Media and Public Affairs (SMPA)
  • School of Public Policy and Public Administration (SPPPA)
• College of Professional Studies
  • Graduate School of Political Management (GSPM)
• Elliott School of International Affairs (ESIA)
• The George Washington University Law School
• The Graduate School of Education and Human Development (GSEHD)
• School of Business (GWSB)
• School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS)
• George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS)
• George Washington School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS)

Students and faculty

There were 10,394 undergraduate (not including Non-Degree Students) and 12,634 graduate students enrolled for the Fall 2005 academic semester. In 2001, there were 1,508 full-time and 2,725 part-time members of the faculty.

Student government

The Student Association (SA) is the official undergraduate and graduate student government of The George Washington University. The SA is fashioned after the federal government with three cooperative and equal branches of government. The President and Executive Vice President, however, are separately and popularly elected. Senate representation is divided among the schools of the university, including the G.W. Law and Medical Schools. Student elections are generally held in February or March of the spring semester and have been administered electronically since 1999 in designated locations or via paper ballot. To be elected, candidates for President and Executive Vice President must receive at least 40% of the student vote or else require a run-off election.

Historically, SA presidents have fared well in the political arena. Former SA president Edward "Skip" Gnehm was the Ambassador to Kuwait during the Gulf War and received the Presidential Distinguished Service Award and two Presidential Meritorious Service Awards. Former SA president John David Morris (1989-1990) currently serves as a city councilman in Peoria, Illinois, and Al Park (1994-1995) is a New Mexico state representative and possible candidate for New Mexico Attorney General. Actor Alec Baldwin ran for SA President as a junior and narrowly lost. After his defeat, he transferred to New York University (NYU) to pursue his acting career. Jonathan D. Katz was SA president from 1980-81 and went on to found Queer Nation San Francisco and to become a professor of gay and lesbian studies as well as art.

The Student Association Executive Vice President chairs the Student Senate and assists the President in the performance of his duties.

The Student Association Senate is composed of 29 voting members, of which 15 are undergraduate students and 14 are graduate students. Seats are distributed proportionally based on each school's popular enrollment. There are also two undergraduate and two graduate at-large Senate seats.

The student government also includes a Student Court. The Student Court adjudicates disputes between student groups and among the branches of the government.

Clubs and traditions

There are over four hundred student organizations at the University, including organizations of common interest or political activism, ethnic organizations, and Greek organizations. It is also home to one of the first virtual student organizations in the United States named ETLSO. The Educational Technology and Leadership Student Organization (ETLSO) caters to the needs of distance education students.

Political and international organizations

The George Washington University is home to several large and active political and international organizations.

The GW College Democrats has a membership over 2,000 making it the second-largest organization on campus. Howard Dean formally endorsed John Kerry for President on campus at a GW College Democrats sponsored event.

Started in Fall 2006, the GW Democrats has grown to over 800 members. The GW Dems, a collegiate chapter of the Progressive Democrats of America, focus on Democratic and Progressive activism.

The GW College Republicans has approximately 430 members and is very active on campus. It was named the Best Chapter of 2005 by the College Republican National Committee.

Started during the 2006-2007 year, the GW College Libertarians are a voice for third parties and disillusioned Democrats and Republicans. They have been included in debates with the GW Dems and GW College Republicans.

The International Affairs Society (IAS) is among the largest and most active student organizations, with over 350 dues-paying members. IAS participates in international affairs-related events such as the Model United Nations.

G.W.'s Student Global AIDS Campaign (SGAC) is one of the most active chapters in the country. Last year, the club staged AIDS awareness and prevention events, as D.C. currently has the highest rate of new AIDS cases in the country (119 per 100,000).[7]

The GW Chapter of STAND, or GW STAND, was formed in 2003 shortly after the first STAND: A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition group was organized at Georgetown University. It has sponsored rallies, information sessions, and promoted divestment, about genocide in general, but specifically about genocide in Darfur.

The Global Language Group, or Global Languages, is the University's largest student organization, with a membership of over 7,200 members. It is a non-profit organization that offers over 150 free classes in 50 languages.

Greek-letter organizations

There are two honor societies Phi Beta Kappa and Tau Beta Pi.

There are 14 recognized men's social fraternities on campus, including Alpha Epsilon Pi, Beta Theta Pi, Kappa Sigma, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Sigma Kappa, Pi Kappa Alpha, Pi Kappa Phi, Sigma Nu, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Tau Kappa Epsilon, and Theta Delta Chi. Sigma Chi was approved for recolonization in 2006, and is projected to be chartered in early Fall of 2007. Kappa Alpha Order inducted its alpha class on March 2 2007, and expects to recharter in January 2008.

There are also two social fraternities, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and Sigma Alpha Mu (also called "SAMMY"), that are not recognized by the university. A group of male students also maintain Alpha Pi Epsilon (or "Apes"), a group that emerged from a collection of students who had lost recognition by Alpha Epsilon Pi and Zeta Beta Tau due to hazing charges in 2001.

There are nine Panhellenic sororities on campus, including Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Epsilon Phi, Alpha Phi, Delta Gamma, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Phi Sigma Sigma, Sigma Delta Tau, and Sigma Kappa. Pi Beta Phi was approved for colonization by the Panhellenic Association in 2006, and installed as a chapter in January of 2007.

Three National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) sororities, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.; Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.; and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. have chapters at GW. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. has a city-wide chapter in Washington, DC, with some members from GW.

The Multicultural Greek Council (MGC) includes Iota Nu Delta fraternity, Lambda Upsilon Lambda fraternity, Pi Delta Psi fraternity, and Sigma Psi Zeta sorority.

There are also a number of professional and honorary fraternities active on campus. Delta Phi Epsilon, the nation's first and only professional foreign service society, was re-chartered in 2005. Theta Tau, the nation's oldest and foremost engineering fraternity is active on campus, as is the national honor fraternity Phi Sigma Pi, and the professional business fraternity Delta Sigma Pi. Additionally there are two community service based Greek-letter organizations on campus: Alpha Phi Omega, a co-educational service fraternity, and Epsilon Sigma Alpha, which was founded in spring 2003 and is currently the only community service sorority on campus.

Other organizations

Intramural sports are also very popular in addition to the NCAA Division I varsity teams.

GWU is home to an active performing arts community. Music groups include Emocapella, the Sons of Pitch, the Sirens [8], The GW Vibes, the GW Troubadors, and the GW Pitches. Student theater organizations include Generic Theatre Company , 14th Grade Players, Forbidden Planet Productions (FPP), and receSs, GWU's only comedy troupe. Dance organizations include Balance: The GW Ballet Group that offers free student-taught ballet classes to members, produces and performs The Nutcracker and other shows and offers discounted tickets to ballets at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

The GWU Chess Club was reconstituted in September of 2005 and now competes with other universities' teams nationally. It is currently coached by Grandmaster Lubosh Kavalek, who is also an alumnus.

In 2003, the GW Gaming League was founded. The league has gained event sponsorship from such corporations as Electronic Arts, Universal Pictures, and Red Bull. It has been featured in the Washington Post.

There are two student run news sources on campus, the twice-weekly newspaper The GW Hatchet, founded in 1904, and The Daily Colonial The Daily Colonial, an online daily founded in 2004.

G.W. also has WRGW, an online only, student-run radio station that carries programming from 8 AM until 12 AM during the school year. Their programming includes music, talk shows, and sports. The station broadcasts men's and women's basketball games and other sporting events in both the spring and fall and recently started broadcasting women's and men's soccer, softball, baseball and women's lacrosse.

School songs

Fight song

The school fight song, "Hail to the Buff & Blue" or "The G.W. Fight Song" is as follows:

Hail to the buff! (buff!)

Hail to the blue! (blue!)

Hail to the buff and blue!

All our lives we'll be proud to say,

We hail from G.W.! (go big blue!)

Oh by George we're happy we can say,

We're G.W. here to show the way!

So raise high the buff! (buff!)

Raise high the blue! (blue!)

Loyal to G.W.!

(You bet we're!)

Loyal to G.W.! (fight!)

Alma Mater

The school's Alma Mater as sung today was rewritten from its original version in 1970:

Hail Alma Mater,

To thy spirit guiding,

Knowledge thy closest friend

In its strength abiding,

Pledge we fidelity

Ne'er its place resigning,

Hail thee George Washington.

Athletics

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G.W. has an extensive Division I program that includes Men's Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Golf, Gymnastics, Women's Lacrosse, Rowing, Soccer, Women's Softball, Squash, Swimming & Diving, Tennis, Women's Volleyball, and Water Polo. Colonials athletics teams compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference. While only a Division II program, the Men's and Women's Rugby Teams both compete in the Potomac Rugby Union and have had much recent success.[9]

The university's colors are buff and blue (buff being a color similar to tan, but often represented as gold or yellow). The colors were taken from George Washington's uniform in the Revolutionary War.

G.W.'s football team won the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas in 1957. The school last competed in the sport in 1966 as a member of the Southern Conference.[10]

The teams have achieved great successes in recent years including a first round victory in the Men's NCAA Division I Soccer Tournament in 2004

Basketball

Mike Jarvis coached GW in the 1990s, and led the team to the NCAA Sweet 16 in 1993, where they were beaten by the Fab Five Michigan team. Jarvis also coached current Colonials Head Coach Karl Hobbs in high school. NBA flop Yinka Dare also played at George Washington for two years before being drafted in the first round by the New Jersey Nets.

GW's Basketball team returned to the National Stage in 2004 after defeating No. 9 Michigan State and No. 12 Maryland in back to back games to win the 2004 BB&T Classic. That year the Men's Basketball team went on to win the Atlantic 10 West Title and the Atlantic 10 Tournament Title (earning an automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Tournament). The #12 seeded Colonials tournament was short, ending with a first round loss to #5 Seed Georgia Tech.

The team began the 2005 season ranked 21st in the Associated Press poll and after some tournament success they closed out the year ranked 19th nationwide. They had a record of 26-2 (16-0 in the A-10) going into the 2006 NCAA Tournament. The 2005-2006 season had been the team's best ever, surpassing the start of the 1953-1954 season and receiving an #8 seed in the NCAA Tournament. In the tournament, they came back from a 18 point second-half deficit to defeat #9 seed UNC-Wilmington, but lost to Duke University, the top overall seed in the Second Round.

While only one Colonial from the 2005-2006 team was drafted in the 2006 NBA Draft, Danilo Pinnock, there are currently three Colonials from that team in the NBA. Pops Mensah-Bonsu plays for the Dallas Mavericks and Mike Hall, who recently signed a contract with the Washington Wizards.

The 2006-2007 basketball season was considered by many to be a rebuilding year for the colonials after graduating their entire starting front court and losing junior leader Danilo Pinnock to the NBA. But coach Karl Hobbs and Senior guard Carl Elliott managed to lead the team to a 23-8 record, winning the 2007 Atlantic 10 Tournament in Atlantic City, NJ (once again earning an auto-bid to the NCAA Tournament). The Colonials were placed as a #11 seed losing against #6 seed Vanderbilt University in Sacramento, CA 77-44 [11].

Karl Hobbs, a former player and coach under Jim Calhoun at the University of Connecticut is in his sixth year as head coach. Hobbs is a fan favorite -- often receiving as much applause during his entrance to games as the athletes. Known for his outward shows of emotion during games that include stomping his foot and slamming his clipboard, Hobbs is considered one of the up-and-coming coaches in the NCAA.

Spirit Programs

The official student supporters' group of the men's basketball team is called the Colonial Army. It is one of the largest student organizations on campus.

There are two mascots at the school - Little George, a life-size George Washington costume and Big George, an inflatable George Washington figure. The sports teams are called the Colonials and the Colonial icon appears on merchandise, and is seen in many places around campus.

Notable alumni and faculty

• List of George Washington University people

Harry Reid, the current Senate Majority Leader

John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State and a highly influential Cold War policy maker

J. Edgar Hoover, the longest serving, and arguably most controversial director of the FBI

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Jacqueline Kennedy, First Lady

Presidents

• William Staughton (1821-1827)
• Stephen Chapin (1828-1841)
• Joel Smith Bacon (1843-1854)
• Joseph Getchell Binney (1855-1858)
• George Whitefield Samson (1859-1871)
• James Clarke Welling (1871-1894)
• Samuel Harrison Greene (1894-1895)
• Benaiah L. Whitman (1895-1900)
• Samuel Harrison Greene (1900-1902)
• Charles Willis Needham (1902-1910)
• Charles Herbert Stockton (1910-1918)
• William Miller Collier (1918-1921)
• Howard L. Hodgkins (1921-1923)
• William Mather Lewis (1923-1927)
• Cloyd Heck Marvin (1927-1959)
• Oswald Symister Colclough (1959-1961)
• Thomas Henry Carroll (1961-1964)
• Lloyd Hartman Elliott (1965-1988)
• Stephen Joel Trachtenberg (1988-2007) (announced his retirement as President in April 2006, effective in August 2007)
• Steven Knapp (announced as the next university president in December 2006, effective August 1, 2007)

External links

• The GW and Foggy Bottom Historical Encyclopedia
• The George Washington University web site
• The GW Hatchet - A twice-weekly independent student newspaper
• The Daily Colonial - A daily, online students news site
• Official GW athletics site
• The GW Patriot - A conservative monthly journal web site
• GW News Center
• WRGW - GW's All-Online Student-Run Radio Station
• GW's Parent's Association
• GW's Alumni Online Community