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The Georgetown Heritage
Founded in 1789 as the nation's first Catholic institution of
higher education, Georgetown has been guided by the vision of
its Jesuit founder, Bishop John Carroll. Its mission is inspired
by the American tradition of educating citizen leaders and by
a commitment to diversity, religious pluralism, and open dialogue
in the pursuit of truth. Bishop Carroll worked to build a center
of learning that welcomed the very best students from all backgrounds.
Less than a century later, Georgetown became the first predominantly
white university to be headed by an African-American, Georgetown's
"second founder" and president, Patrick Healy, S.J. (1873-1881).
Edmund A. Walsh, S.J. founded the School of Foreign Service in
1919. His wartime service, vision, and international experiences
led him to create an institution dedicated to the preparation
of students for foreign service in the broadest possible sense.
Today more than 12,000 students from all 50 states and more than
115 countries attend the university's eight schools for undergraduate
and graduate studies: georgetown College, the Edmund A. Walsh
School of Foreign Service, the Robert Emmett McDonough School
of Business, the School of Nursing and Health Studies, the Graduate
School of Arts and Sciences, the School of Medicine, the Law Center,
and the School for Summer and Continuing Education. Georgetown
University's growing number of Rhodes, Marshall, and Mellon scholars
and the influential role of faculty and alumni at home and abroad
attest to the strength of John Carroll's vision of a university
in service to the world.