June 2007

School of Public Policy and Public Administration Named in Trachtenberg’s Honor

As of Aug. 1, GW’s School of Public Policy and Public Administration will be known as the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, according to a Board of Trustees resolution recognizing the president’s nearly two decades of service. The board also paid tribute to Trachtenberg’s wife, Francine Zorn Trachtenberg, for her contributions to the University by establishing an endowment for photography programs in her name at the Luther W. Brady Art Gallery.

Established in 2003, GW’s School of Public Policy and Public Administration is the University’s focal point for public affairs education, research, and public service. The school’s faculty collaborate closely with other departments on municipal, state, federal, and international policy initiatives. Trachtenberg will hold an endowed chair of public service in the school when he becomes President Emeritus and University Professor of Public Service on Aug. 1. Following Trachtenberg’s departure from GW, future faculty named to that position will occupy an endowed chair to be known as the Stephen Joel Trachtenberg University Professorship in Public Service.

“Our nation has been built upon public service initiatives, and I am delighted and humbled to have a school dedicated to the study and improvement of public policy named in my honor,” says Trachtenberg. “There is no higher calling than public service, and I look forward to returning to teaching and research to further the scholarship in this critical area of our democracy.”

Francine Zorn Trachtenberg, currently president of the Washington, D.C., Jewish Community Center, also thanked GW and the Board of Trustees for the arts endowment in her name.

“It has been an honor and a privilege to serve as a public representative of The George Washington University for the past 19 years, and I am pleased that this endowment for photography at the Brady Gallery will help others experience and learn from one of my life’s passions,” she says. “Art is a vital component to any city’s well being, and GW has become an aesthetically pleasing and cohesive campus in our nation’s capital thanks to the dedication of many who have supported this cause.”


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