Georgetown University is a private Jesuit research university in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington,D.C.,United States. Founded by Bishop John Carroll in 1789,it is the oldest Catholic institution of higher education in the United States and the nation's first federally chartered university.
John Robert Thompson Jr. was an American college basketball coach for the Georgetown Hoyas men's team. He became the first African-American head coach to win a major collegiate championship in basketball when he led the Hoyas to the NCAA Division I national championship in 1984. Thompson was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.
Georgetown Preparatory School is a Jesuit college-preparatory school in North Bethesda,Maryland for boys in ninth through twelfth grade. It has a 93-acre campus. It is the only Jesuit boarding school in the United States.
Leo Jeremiah O'Donovan III is an American Catholic priest,Jesuit,and theologian who served as the president of Georgetown University from 1989 to 2001. Born in New York City,he graduated from Georgetown,and while studying in France,decided to enter the Society of Jesus. He went on to receive advanced degrees from Fordham University and Woodstock College,and received his doctorate in theology from the University of Münster,where he studied under Karl Rahner. Upon returning to the United States,he became a professor at Woodstock College and the Weston Jesuit School of Theology,before becoming the president of the Catholic Theological Society of America and a senior administrator in the Jesuit Maryland Province.
Healy Hall is a National Historic Landmark and the flagship building of the main campus of Georgetown University in Washington,D.C.,United States. Constructed between 1877 and 1879,the hall was designed by Paul J. Pelz and John L. Smithmeyer,both of whom also designed the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress. The structure is named after Patrick Francis Healy,who was the President of Georgetown University at the time.
Timothy Stafford Healy was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who straddled the religious and secular life,serving as the vice chancellor of the City University of New York,the president of Georgetown University,and the president of the New York Public Library.
The history of Georgetown University spans nearly 400 years,from the early European settlement of America to the present day. Georgetown University has grown with both its city,Washington,D.C.,and the United States,each of which date their founding to the period from 1788 to 1790. Georgetown's origins are in the establishment of the Maryland colony in the seventeenth century. Bishop John Carroll established the school at its present location by the Potomac River after the American Revolution allowed for free religious practice.
The Campuses of Georgetown University,the Law School Campus,the Main Campus,and the Medical Campus,are located within Washington,D.C. Georgetown's Main and Medical Campuses are located in Georgetown,Washington,D.C. between Canal Road,Prospect Street,and Reservoir Road. The Law Campus is located in downtown DC on New Jersey Avenue,near Union Station. Other parts of Georgetown are located in the D.C. Area,including the Center for Continuing and Professional Education at Clarendon in Arlington,Virginia. Georgetown also has an overseas campus in Education City,Qatar,and villas in Alanya,Turkey and Fiesole,Italy.
Scott R. Pilarz was an American Jesuit priest and academic. He served two stints as president of the University of Scranton,first from 2003 to 2011 and again from 2018 until 2021. Pilarz was announced as the successor of Kevin Quinn on March 21,2017,serving until his death in 2021. Prior to returning to Scranton,Pilarz served as the president of Marquette University and Georgetown Prep.
Jack the Bulldog is the official mascot of the Georgetown University Hoyas athletic teams. The school has employed at least nine live Bulldogs as mascots,and counts seven named Jack since 1962,when the name first came into use,including three who are still living. The current incarnation of Jack,who will be taking over from his predecessor during the spring 2024 semester,is an English Bulldog born in 2023 whose full name is Serchell's John P. Carroll. Recent bulldogs have come from the Georgetown alumni family of Janice and Marcus Hochstetler.
Housing at Georgetown University consists of 14 residence halls at the main campus and a law center campus. Housing on Georgetown's main campus is divided between "halls," usually more traditional dormitories,and "villages",usually less traditional apartment complexes. In addition,Georgetown operates many townhouses in the Georgetown neighborhood,usually for second,third,and fourth-year students.
Robert John Henle was an American Catholic priest,Jesuit,and philosopher who was the president of Georgetown University from 1969 to 1976. Born in Iowa,Henle entered the Society of Jesus in 1927. He taught high school classics and published a series of instructional books on Latin,one of which became widely used. He then became a professor at Saint Louis University and was known as one of the leaders of the revival of Thomistic philosophy and theology. He also served as a dean and vice president for nearly 20 years. In this latter capacity,he oversaw Saint Louis University's growing independence from,but continuing affiliation with,the Jesuit order.
Gerard John Campbell was an American Catholic priest,Jesuit,and historian who became the president of Georgetown University. Born in Pennsylvania,he entered the Society of Jesus at the age of 20 and studied at West Baden College and Fordham University,before earning his doctorate at Princeton University. A promising historian,he then taught at Loyola University Maryland,before becoming the executive vice president of Georgetown University in 1963,where he effectively worked as acting president.
On June 19,1838,the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus agreed to sell 272 slaves to two Louisiana planters,Henry Johnson and Jesse Batey,for $115,000. This sale was the culmination of a contentious and long-running debate among the Maryland Jesuits over whether to keep,sell,or free their slaves,and whether to focus on their rural estates or on their growing urban missions,including their schools.
The Jesuit Community Cemetery on the campus of Georgetown University in Washington,D.C.,is the final resting place for Jesuits who were affiliated with the university. It was first established in 1808 and was moved to its present location in 1854.
Thomas F. Mulledy was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who became the president of Georgetown College,a founder of the College of the Holy Cross,and a Jesuit provincial superior. His brother,Samuel Mulledy,also became a Jesuit and president of Georgetown.
James Aloysius Doonan was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit,who was the president of Georgetown University from 1882 to 1888. During that time he oversaw the naming of Gaston Hall and the construction of a new building for the School of Medicine. Doonan also acquired two historic cannons that were placed in front of Healy Hall. His presidency was financially successful,with a reduction in the university's burdensome debt that had accrued during the construction of Healy Hall.
William McSherry was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who became the president of Georgetown College and a Jesuit provincial superior. The son of Irish immigrants,McSherry was educated at Georgetown College,where he entered the Society of Jesus. As one of the first Americans to complete the traditional Jesuit course of training,he was sent to Rome to be educated for the priesthood. There,he made several discoveries of significant,forgotten holdings in the Jesuit archives,which improved historians' knowledge of the early European settling of Maryland and of the language of Indian tribes there.
The Stewards Society is an anonymous,all-male service fraternity,often considered a secret society,at Georgetown University. The name collectively refers to a handful of loosely organizationally tied groups that have existed since the First Stewards Society's founding in the 19th century and its reorganization in the 1980s. The society remained largely unknown until 1988,when Rev. Joseph Durkin,S.J,publicly denounced the group,ultimately leading to their disbanding. The First Steward Society still continued to operate until splitting in the 1990s,forming the Second Stewards Society and later the Third Stewards Society.
