ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY
George Washington was determined to have a great national university in the nation's capital. His hope was that students from all parts of the country would gain a first hand knowledge of the practice as well as the theory of republican government while being instructed in the arts and sciences. He bequeathed 50 shares of The Potomac Company “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.” Despite Washington's intentions, The Potomac Company folded and Congress never extended a “fostering hand,” so the University did not take shape until a group of Baptist clergymen led by Reverend Luther Rice took up the cause. They raised funds for the purchase of a site and petitioned Congress for a charter. Congress insisted on giving the institution a non-sectarian charter which stated “That persons of every religious denomination shall be capable of being elected Trustees; nor shall any person, either as President, Professor, Tutor or pupil be refused admittance into said College, or denied any of the privileges, immunities, or advantages thereof, for or on account of his sentiments in matters of religion."
Columbian College, as it was originally named, took up residence on College Hill, a 46-acre tract between the present 14th and 15th Streets extending from Florida Avenue to Columbia Road. The name of the institution was changed in 1873 to Columbian University and in 1904 to The George Washington University.
By 1918, the University had moved to the Foggy Bottom neighborhood—between 19th and 24th Streets, south of Pennsylvania Avenue—in the heart of Washington, D.C. The more than 90 buildings, including 14 residence halls, are situated on 43 acres bordered by the White House, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the State Department, and the World Bank, as well as numerous federal agencies, national galleries and museums.
GW's Virginia Campus, initiated for graduate studies, research projects, and professional development programs, is located along the high-tech corridor on Route 7, just to the west of Route 28, in Loudoun County. In 1998, GW established The George Washington University at Mount Vernon College; the Mount Vernon Campus is on Foxhall Road in Northwest Washington.
Currently, the University's enrollments total more than 24,500, of which 10,500 are undergraduates, almost 13,000 are graduate and professional students, and more than 1,000 are nondegree students. The students come from all 50 states and about 125 different countries.
Mission Statement
The George Washington University, an independent academic institution chartered by the Congress of the United States in 1821, dedicates itself to furthering human well-being. The University values a dynamic, student-focused community stimulated by cultural and intellectual diversity and built upon a foundation of integrity, creativity, and openness to the exploration of new ideas.
The George Washington University, centered in the national and international crossroads of Washington, D.C., commits itself to excellence in the creation, dissemination, and application of knowledge.
To promote the process of lifelong learning from both global and integrative perspectives, the University provides a stimulating intellectual environment for its diverse students and faculty. By fostering excellence in teaching, the University offers outstanding learning experiences for full-time and part-time students in undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs in Washington, D.C., the nation, and abroad. As a center for intellectual inquiry and research, the University emphasizes the linkage between basic and applied scholarship, insisting that the practical be grounded in knowledge and theory. The University acts as a catalyst for creativity in the arts, the sciences, and the professions by encouraging interaction among its students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the communities it serves.
The George Washington University draws upon the rich array of resources from the National Capital Area to enhance its educational endeavors. In return, the University, through its students, faculty, staff, and alumni, contributes talent and knowledge to improve the quality of life in metropolitan Washington, D.C.
The Schools
The George Washington University includes nine academic units, as follows:
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences offers programs leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Arts, Master of Fine Arts, Master of Forensic Sciences, Master of Public Administration, Master of Public Policy, Master of Science, Master of Philosophy, Doctor of Philosophy, and Doctor of Psychology.
The School of Medicine and Health Sciences offers programs leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences, Master of Science in Health Sciences, Master of Science in Nursing, Doctor of Physical Therapy, and Doctor of Medicine.
The Law School offers programs leading to the degrees of Juris Doctor, Master of Laws, and Doctor of Juridical Science.
The School of Engineering and Applied Science offers undergraduate programs leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts. Graduate programs lead to the degrees of Master of Science, Engineer, Applied Scientist, and Doctor of Science.
The Graduate School of Education and Human Development offers programs leading to the degrees of Master of Arts in Education and Human Development, Master of Arts in Teaching, Master of Education, Education Specialist, and Doctor of Education.
The School of Business offers programs leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Accountancy, Bachelor of Business Administration, Master of Accountancy, Master of Business Administration, Master of Science in Finance, Master of Science in Information Systems Technology, Master of Science in Project Management, Master of Tourism Administration, and Doctor of Philosophy.
The Elliott School of International Affairs offers programs leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Master of International Policy and Practice, and Master of International Studies.
The School of Public Health and Health Services offers programs leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Master of Public Health, Master of Health Services Administration, Specialist in Health Services Administration, and Doctor of Public Health.
The College of Professional Studies offers programs leading to the degrees of Associate in Professional Studies, Bachelor of Professional Studies, and Master of Professional Studies.
In addition to these degree programs, The University is authorized by its Board of Trustees to award the Associate in General Studies under particular circumstances.
Accreditation
The George Washington University is accredited by its regional accrediting agency, the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
The University is on the approved list of the American Association of University Women and is a member of the College Board.
The Law School is a charter member of the Association of American Law Schools and is approved by the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar of the American Bar Association.
The School of Medicine and Health Sciences has had continuous approval by its accrediting body, which is currently the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, sponsored jointly by the American Medical Association and the Association of American Medical Colleges. The clinical laboratory science program is accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Science. The Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs has accredited the programs in sonography and physician assistant.
In the School of Public Health and Health Services, the public health programs have full accreditation from the Council on Education for Public Health. The program in health services administration is accredited by the Accrediting Commission on Education for Health Services Administration. The program in athletic training is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education.
In the School of Engineering and Applied Science, the Bachelor of Science programs in civil, mechanical, electrical, and computer engineering are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, Inc. The Bachelor of Science computer science curriculum is accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, Inc.
The Graduate School of Education and Human Development is a charter member of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education and is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and the State Education Agency–Board of Education of the District of Columbia for its eligible master's, specialist, and doctoral degree programs; the master's programs in school and community counseling and the doctoral program in counseling are accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs; the master's program in rehabilitation counseling is accredited by the Council on Rehabilitation Education.
The School of Business is a member of AACSB International–The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business; the Association accredits its undergraduate and graduate business administration and accountancy programs. The programs in accountancy satisfy the educational requirements for the Certified Public Accountant and the Certified Management Accountant professional examinations.
The Elliott School of International Affairs is a member of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs.
In Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, the B.F.A. with a major in interior design is accredited by the Foundation for Interior Design Education Research. The Department of Chemistry is on the approved list of the American Chemical Society. The Department of Music is an accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Music. The Ph.D. program in clinical psychology in the Department of Psychology and the Psy.D. program in the Center for Professional Psychology are on the approved list of the American Psychological Association. The M.A. program in speech–language pathology is accredited by the Education and Training Board of the Boards of Examiners in Speech–Language Pathology and Audiology. The M.P.A. program is on the approved list of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration.
The Board of Trustees of the University
The University is privately endowed and is governed by a Board of Trustees of which the President of the University is an ex officio member. Trustees who are GW alumni are indicated by an asterisk; a dagger indicates a graduate of Mount Vernon College before it became part of GW. Locations are indicated for trustees outside the Washington metropolitan area.
Oliver T. Carr, Jr., Chairman Emeritus
Sheldon S. Cohen, Chairman Emeritus
John D. Zeglis, Chairman Emeritus
Charles T. Manatt, Chairman
Lydia W. Thomas, Vice Chair
W. Russell Ramsey, Vice Chair
Patricia D. Gurne, Secretary
I. Allan From, Assistant Secretary
Robert L. Allbritton, Chairman and CEO, Allbritton Communications Company
*Philip S. Amsterdam, President and CEO, Northstar Enterprises, West Orange, New Jersey
*J. ZoÎ Beckerman, Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell
*Richard W. Blackburn, Retired Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer, Duke Energy, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire
†Maria Matilde Pastoriza De Bonetti, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
*Nelson A. Carbonell, Jr., President and CEO, Snowbird Capital
Myron P. Curzan, Chief Executive Officer, UniDev
*Henry C. Duques, Chairman, First Data Corporation, Greenwood Village, Colorado
*Heather S. Foley
*I. Allan From, Partner, Howard, Stallings, From, & Hutson, Raleigh, North Carolina
Gary Granoff, Chairman and President, Ameritrans Capital Funding, New York, New York
*Patricia D. Gurne, Partner, Gurne, Porter
Michele V. Hagans, President and CEO, Fort Lincoln Realty Company
*Mark V. Hughes, Retired President, System and Network Solutions Group (SAIC)
*James F. Humphreys, President, James F. Humphreys & Associates, Charleston, West Virginia
*Clifford M. Kendall, Retired Chairman, Computer Data Systems
Bobbie Greene Kilberg, President, Northern Virginia Technology Council
Gerald Lazarus, Chief of Dermatology and Director of the Wound Healing Center, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland
*Charles T. Manatt, Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
Jeanette A. Michael, Executive Director, DC Lottery
*Raymond J. Oglethorpe, President, Oglethorpe Holdings, Vero Beach, Florida
*Kristy McDonnell Ortiz
*Robert G. Perry, Former Chairman and CEO, BSI
*Linda D. Rabbitt, Chairman and CEO, Rand Construction Corporation
*W. Russell Ramsey, Chairman and CEO, Ramsey Asset Management
*Steven S. Ross, Senior Vice President, Ferris Baker Watts
*Mark R. Shenkman, President and Chief Investment Officer, Shenkman Capital Management, New York, New York
*David Bruce Smith, Editorial and Writing Consultant
*Robert K. Tanenbaum, Principal, Lerner Enterprises, and Principal Owner, Washington Nationals
Lydia W. Thomas, President and CEO, Mitretek Systems
†Cynthia Steele Vance, Director, Public Relations, Saks Jandel
Emeritus Trustees
*Harold F. Baker, Partner, Howrey & Simon
*Luther W. Brady, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
*Joseph L. Brand, Partner, Patton Boggs
*Marcella Brenner, Professor Emeritus of Education, The George Washington University
*Nancy Broyhill, Associate Broker, Long & Foster Realtors
Mortimer M. Caplin, Senior Member, Caplin & Drysdale
*Oliver T. Carr, Jr., Chairman, Oliver Carr Company
A. James Clark, Chairman & CEO, Clark Enterprises, Inc.
*Sheldon S. Cohen, Farr, Miller & Washington
*Emilio A. Fernandez, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, Wabtec Corporation
*Morton I. Funger, Partner, Condur Company
Estelle Gelman, President, Gelman Companies
David Gladstone, Chairman, Gladstone Management Corporation
*Hazel S. Hanback, Management Consultant
*Howard P. Hoffman, CEO, Hoffman Associates, Deerfield, Florida
*Daniel K. Inouye, United States Senator
*Marvin L. Kay, Secretary/Treasurer, Richmarr Development Company
Melvin R. Laird, Formerly U.S. Secretary of Defense; Senior Counselor, National and International Affairs, Reader's Digest Association
*Theodore N. Lerner, President, Lerner Corporation, and Principal Owner, Washington Nationals
*Thaddeus A. Lindner, Chairman, Colonial Parking
*John R. Manning, Intellectual Property Consultant, Former Senior Attorney, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
W. Jarvis Moody, Former Chairman and CEO, American Security Bank
*Abe Pollin, Chairman of the Board, Washington Sports & Entertainment
John T. Sapienza, Retired Partner, Covington & Burling
Robert H. Smith, Chairman, Charles E. Smith Residential
*Robert L. Tull, Former Chairman of the Board, Security Storage Company
*J. McDonald Williams, Former Chairman, Trammell Crow Company
John D. Zeglis, Former Chairman and CEO, AT&T Wireless Group, Culver, Indiana
Honorary Trustees
F. Elwood Davis, Attorney
Dorothy Shapiro, President, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Trust
Officers of Administration
The University
Steven Knapp, President
Helene D. Interlandi, Secretary of the University
William F. Howard, Interim Vice President and General Counsel
Robert A. Chernak, Senior Vice President for Student and Academic Support Services
Linda Donnels, Associate Vice President and Dean of Students
Frederic A. Siegel, Associate Vice President and Dean of Freshmen
Johnnie T. Osborne, Associate Vice President and CFO for Student and Academic Support Services
Louis H. Katz, Executive Vice President and Treasurer
Donald W. Lindsey, Chief Investment Officer
Ronald C. Bonig, Interim Chief Information Officer
Don Boselovic, Associate Vice President for Budget
Eve L. Dubrow, Associate Vice President for Business and Operations
Cecilia A. Hamilton, Associate Vice President for Finance
Pamela Goodnow, Comptroller
Edwin C. Schonfeld, Associate Vice President for Financial Management, Schools and Divisions
Donald Richard Lehman, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Craig William Linebaugh, Associate Vice President for Academic Planning; Chief Academic Operating Officer/Virginia Campus
Carol Kimball Sigelman, Associate Vice President for Graduate Studies and Academic Affairs
Elliot Hirshman, Chief Research Officer
Margaret Kahn Cohen, Assistant Vice President for Institutional Research
P.B. Garrett, Assistant Vice President for Academic Technology
Donna Scarboro, Assistant Vice President for Special Academic Programs
Annie Brittian Wooldridge, Assistant Vice President for Faculty Recruitment and Personnel Relations
John Franklin Williams, Jr., Provost and Vice President for Health Affairs
Shelley A. Bader, Associate Vice President for Educational Resources
Gerald H. Bass, Associate Vice President for Health Economics
Frank J. Cilluffo, Associate Vice President for Homeland Security
Anne Hirshfield, Associate Vice President for Health Research, Compliance, and Technology Transfer
Astra Bain-Dowell, Associate Vice President for Resource Management, Operations, and Emergency Preparedness
Michael G. Freedman, Vice President for Communications
Laurel Price Jones, Vice President for Advancement
Eugene J. Finn, Senior Associate Vice President, Campaign Operations
Jane B. Kolson, Associate Vice President, University Programs
Margaret Shepard, Associate Vice President, School Programs
Pamela C. Larmee, Associate Vice President, Medical Center
Richard A. Collins, Associate Vice President, Law School
Richard N. Sawaya, Vice President for Government, International, and Corporate Affairs
The Schools
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences—Interim Dean Diana Leigh Lipscomb; Associate Deans Paul Brooks Duff, Roy James Guenther, Michael Moses; Assistant Dean Katherine Z. Keller
School of Medicine and Health Sciences—Dean James Lee Scott; Senior Associate Deans Jean E. Johnson, W. Scott Schroth; Associate Deans Rhonda M. Goldberg, Brian J. McGrath, Mark Batshaw, Arnold Schwartz, Sylvia Silver, Linda Werling
Law School—Dean Frederick M. Lawrence; Senior Associate Deans Steven L. Schooner, Thomas A. Morrison; Associate Deans Alfreda Robinson, Renee Y. DeVigne, Scott B. Pagel, Jeffrey Gutman, Carol Izumi, Susan Karamanian, Naomi R. Cahn, Anne M. Richard
School of Engineering and Applied Science—Dean Timothy Tong; Associate Dean Martha Pardavi-Horvath
Graduate School of Education and Human Development—Dean Mary Hatwood Futrell; Associate Deans Janet Craig Heddesheimer, Robert Nicholas Ianacone, Joel Gomez (Interim)
School of Business—Dean Susan Phillips; Senior Associate Dean Prabir K. Bagchi; Associate Deans William R. Baber, Richard Green, Mary Gowan
Elliott School of International Affairs—Dean Michael E. Brown; Associate Deans Hugh Lecaine Agnew, David Alan Grier, Kristin Lord
School of Public Health and Health Services—Dean Ruth J. Katz; Associate Deans Josef J. Reum, John G. Palen, Rebecca Tyrrell Parkin, Katherine Louise Hunting
College of Professional Studies—Dean Roger Whitaker; Associate Deans F. Christopher Arterton, Ali Eskandarian, Mary Virginia Smith
The Faculty Senate
In addition to the elected members listed below, the President of the University is ex officio; the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, the University Registrar, and the deans of the schools are administrative members; and a parliamentarian is selected by the Faculty Senate. In general, only primary appointments are listed below.
Lilien Filipovitch Robinson, Professor of Art and Chair of the Executive Committee
John Martin Artz, Associate Professor of Information Systems and Technology Management
Brian L. Biles, Professor of Health Policy
William John Briscoe, Professor of Physics
Michael Scott Castleberry, Professor of Special Education
Joseph John Cordes, Professor of Economics and International Affairs
Morgan Dennis Delaney, Associate Professor of Medicine
Ernest J. Englander, Associate Professor of Strategic Management and Public Policy
Linda Lou Gallo, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Miriam Galston, Associate Professor of Law
Charles Alexander Garris, Professor of Engineering
William Byron Griffith, Elton Professor of Philosophy
Murli Manohar Gupta, Professor of Mathematics
Robert Joseph Harrington, Professor of Engineering and Applied Science
Hermann Josef Helgert, Professor of Engineering and Applied Science
Sylvia A. Marotta, Professor of Counseling
Ralph O. Mueller, Professor of Educational Research
Scott B. Pagel, Professor of Law
Joseph Pelzman, Professor of Economics
Robert Warren Rycroft, Professor of International Science and Technology Policy
Gary Leonard Simon, Professor of Medicine
Alan Gerard Wade, Professor of Theatre
Paul J. Wahlbeck, Professor of Political Science
Arthur Edward Wilmarth, Jr., Professor of Law
Philip William Wirtz, Professor of Decision Sciences and of Psychology
Anthony Marvin Yezer, Professor of Economics
Maria Cecilia Zea, Professor of Psychology
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