Georgetown University College of Arts & Sciences

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Georgetown University College of Arts & Sciences
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Former name
Georgetown College
(1789– ,1990–2022)
Type Private college
Established1789;235 years ago (1789)
Parent institution
 Georgetown University
Affiliation Roman Catholic (Jesuit)
Students3,566 (2021) [1]
Location
Washington, D.C.
,
United States

38°54′32.1″N77°4′20.2″W / 38.908917°N 77.072278°W / 38.908917; -77.072278
Campus Urban
Website college.georgetown.edu

The Georgetown University College of Arts & Sciences (CAS) is a college of Georgetown University, a private Jesuit research university in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C.. It is the oldest and largest undergraduate school at Georgetown, and, until the founding of the School of Medicine in 1850, was the only higher education division of the university. In 1821, it granted its first graduate degrees, though the graduate portion has since been separated as the Georgetown University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. From 1990 to 2022, it was named Georgetown College. [2]

Contents

The college enrolls over 3,500 students in 30 academic majors within 23 departments. [3]

History

From 1789 until the founding of the School of Medicine in 1850, Georgetown College was the only secondary school at what became Georgetown University. Robert Plunkett, the first president of Georgetown, oversaw the division of the school into three parts, "college", "preparatory", and "elementary". Elementary education was eventually dropped by Patrick Francis Healy, and preparatory eventually separated as Georgetown Prep. [4]

The White-Gravenor Hall houses most of the college's staff and faculty offices, including the Office of the Dean USA-Georgetown University Dept of Psychology0.jpg
The White-Gravenor Hall houses most of the college's staff and faculty offices, including the Office of the Dean

Over the years many schools have broken off of the College. The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences first broke off in 1855, but rejoined the college organization following the downturn in admissions caused by the American Civil War, until reestablishment in 1891. The School of Languages and Linguistics, itself organized out of the School of Foreign Service in 1949, was collapsed into the College in 1995, as the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, though it maintains its separate programs. [6]

Degrees

The college offers Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degree programs.

List of deans and prefects of studies

From 1811 to 1931, Georgetown College was led by a prefect of studies. Since 1931, it has been led by a dean. Andrew Sobanet has been the interim dean of the school since July 1, 2024. [7] The following people have led the college:

Deans and prefects of studies
No.NameYearsRef.
Prefects of Studies
1 Giovanni Antonio Grassi SJ 1811–1817 [8]
2 Roger Baxter SJ1819–1824 [8]
3 William Feiner SJ1825–1826 [8]
4James NeillSJ1826–1827 [8]
5Peter WalshSJ1827–1828 [8]
6 Thomas F. Mulledy SJ1829–1831 [8]
7William GraceSJ1831–1833 [8]
8 Thomas F. Mulledy SJ1833–1837 [8]
9 William McSherry SJ1837–1839 [8]
10George FenwickSJ1840–1841 [8]
11 James A. Ryder SJ1841–1843 [8]
12George FenwickSJ1843–1845 [8]
13 Thomas F. Mulledy SJ1845–1848 [8]
14 James A. Ryder SJ1848–1851 [8]
15 Charles H. Stonestreet SJ1851–1852 [8]
16 Bernard A. Maguire SJ1852–1853 [8]
17Francis KnackstedtSJ1853–1854 [8]
18 Bernard A. Maguire SJ1854–1858 [8]
19 John Early SJ1858–1865 [8]
20 Bernard A. Maguire SJ1866–1867 [8]
21 Joseph O'Callaghan SJ1867–1868 [8]
22 Patrick F. Healy SJ1868–1880 [8]
23William WhitefordSJ1880–1881 [8]
24 James A. Doonan SJ1881–1882 [8]
25James B. BeckerSJ1882–1883 [8]
26 Edward I. Devitt SJ1883–1886 [8]
27 James A. Doonan SJ1886–1888 [8]
28 J. Havens Richards SJ1888–1898 [8] [9]
29James P. FaganSJ1898–1901 [9]
30John A. ConwaySJ1901–1903 [9]
31 W. G. Read Mullan SJ1903–1905 [9]
32Charles MackseySJ1905–1909 [9]
33 John B. Creeden SJ1909–1918 [9]
34 Edmund A. Walsh SJ1918 [9]
35 W. Coleman Nevils SJ1918–1922 [9]
36 William T. Tallon SJ1922–1924 [9]
37 Louis J. Gallagher SJ1924–1926 [9]
38Robert A. ParsonsSJ1926–1928 [9]
39R. Rush RankinSJ1928–1931 [9]
Deans
1John J. McLaughlinSJ1931–1932 [9]
2 Vincent J. Hart SJ1932–1933 [9]
3George F. StrohaverSJ1933–1934 [9]
4John E. GrattanSJ1934–1942 [9]
5Stephen F. McNameeSJ1942–1946 [9]
6Charles L. CoolahanSJ1946–1949 [9]
7Edward G. JacklinSJ1949–1951 [9]
8Brian A. McGrathSJ1951–1957 [9]
9 Joseph A. Sellinger SJ1957–1964 [10]
10 Thomas R. Fitzgerald SJ1964–1966 [10]
11 Royden B. Davis SJ1966–1989 [10]
12 Robert B. Lawton SJ1989–1999 [10]
13 Jane Dammen McAuliffe 1999–2008 [10]
14 Chester Gillis 2008–2017 [11]
15 Christopher Celenza 2017–2020 [12]
16Rosario Ceballo2022–2024 [13] [14]

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  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Curran 2010a , p. 366, Appendix D: Presidents, Prefects, and Deans in Georgetown's First Century
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Curran 2010b , p. 398, Appendix C: Prefects of Studies/Deans of the College of Arts and Sciences, 1889–1964
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 Curran 2010c , p. 291, Appendix C: Deans of the College of Arts and Sciences, 1957—2010
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