Georgetown University College of Arts & Sciences

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Georgetown University College of Arts & Sciences
A vertical oval-shaped black and white design with a bald eagle whose wings are spread and who is grasping a globe and a cross with its claws. Around the seal are leaves and the numbers 17 and 89 appear on either side.
Seal of Georgetown University
Former name
Georgetown College
(1789– ,1990–2022)
TypePrivate college
Established1789; 235 years ago (1789)
Parent institution
Georgetown University
AffiliationRoman Catholic (Jesuit)
DeanRosario Ceballo
Students3,566 (2021)[1]
Location
Washington, D.C.
,
United States

38°54′32.1″N 77°4′20.2″W / 38.908917°N 77.072278°W / 38.908917; -77.072278
CampusUrban
Websitecollege.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]

The current dean of the college is Rosario Ceballo, who assumed the position in 2022. The college enrolls over 3,500 students in 30 academic majors within 23 departments.[3]

History[edit]

Main article: History of Georgetown University

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[5]

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[edit]

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

List of deans and prefects of studies[edit]

From 1811 to 1931, Georgetown College was led by a prefect of studies. Since 1931, it has been led by a dean. The following people have led the college:

Deans and prefects of studies
No. Name Years Ref.
Prefects of Studies
1 Giovanni Antonio Grassi SJ 1811–1817 [7]
2 Roger Baxter 1819–1824 [7]
3 William Feiner 1825–1826 [7]
4 James Neill 1826–1827 [7]
5 Peter Walsh 1827–1828 [7]
6 Thomas F. Mulledy 1829–1831 [7]
7 William Grace 1831–1833 [7]
8 Thomas F. Mulledy 1833–1837 [7]
9 William McSherry 1837–1839 [7]
10 George Fenwick 1840–1841 [7]
11 James A. Ryder 1841–1843 [7]
12 George Fenwick 1843–1845 [7]
13 Thomas F. Mulledy 1845–1848 [7]
14 James A. Ryder 1848–1851 [7]
15 Charles H. Stonestreet 1851–1852 [7]
16 Bernard A. Maguire 1852–1853 [7]
17 Francis Knackstedt 1853–1854 [7]
18 Bernard A. Maguire 1854–1858 [7]
19 John Early 1858–1865 [7]
20 Bernard A. Maguire 1866–1867 [7]
21 Joseph O'Callaghan 1867–1868 [7]
22 Patrick F. Healy 1868–1880 [7]
23 William Whiteford 1880–1881 [7]
24 James A. Doonan 1881–1882 [7]
25 James B. Becker 1882–1883 [7]
26 Edward I. Devitt 1883–1886 [7]
27 James A. Doonan 1886–1888 [7]
28 J. Havens Richards 1888–1898 [7][8]
29 James P. Fagan 1898–1901 [8]
30 John A. Conway 1901–1903 [8]
31 W. G. Read Mullan 1903–1905 [8]
32 Charles Macksey 1905–1909 [8]
33 John B. Creeden 1909–1918 [8]
34 Edmund A. Walsh 1918 [8]
35 W. Coleman Nevils 1918–1922 [8]
36 William T. Tallon 1922–1924 [8]
37 Louis J. Gallagher 1924–1926 [8]
38 Robert A. Parsons 1926–1928 [8]
39 R. Rush Rankin 1928–1931 [8]
Deans
1 John J. McLaughlin 1931–1932 [8]
2 Vincent J. Hart 1932–1933 [8]
3 George F. Strohaver 1933–1934 [8]
4 John E. Grattan 1934–1942 [8]
5 Stephen F. McNamee 1942–1946 [8]
6 Charles L. Coolahan 1946–1949 [8]
7 Edward G. Jacklin 1949–1951 [8]
8 Brian A. McGrath 1951–1957 [8]
9 Joseph A. Sellinger 1957–1964 [9]
10 Thomas R. Fitzgerald 1964–1966 [9]
11 Royden B. Davis 1966–1989 [9]
12 Robert B. Lawton 1989–1999 [9]
13 Jane Dammen McAuliffe 1999–2008 [9]
14 Chester Gillis 2008–2017 [10]
15 Christopher Celenza 2017–2020 [11]
16 Rosario Ceballo 2022–present [12]

References[edit]

Citations[edit]

  1. ^ "Key Facts". Georgetown University. Archived from the original on September 27, 2022. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  2. ^ "Georgetown University's College of Arts & Sciences Announces Name Change". Georgetown University College of Arts & Sciences. 2022-12-02. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
  3. ^ "Prospective Students". Archived from the original on 2007-03-08. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
  4. ^ O'Neill, Paul R.; Paul K. Williams (2003). Georgetown University. Arcadia. pp. 13–14. ISBN 978-0-7385-1509-0.
  5. ^ "Connect With Us". College of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  6. ^ Curran, Robert Emmett (2007). "Georgetown: A Brief History". Archived from the original on 2007-05-24. Retrieved 2007-07-03.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Curran 2010a, p. 366, Appendix D: Presidents, Prefects, and Deans in Georgetown's First Century
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Curran 2010b, p. 398, Appendix C: Prefects of Studies/Deans of the College of Arts and Sciences, 1889–1964
  9. ^ a b c d e Curran 2010c, p. 291, Appendix C: Deans of the College of Arts and Sciences, 1957—2010
  10. ^ "Thank You, Dean Gillis". Georgetown University. April 28, 2017. Archived from the original on June 23, 2018. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
  11. ^ DeGioia, John J. (March 2, 2017). "Announcing Christopher S. Celenza, Ph.D. as Dean of Georgetown College". Georgetown University. Archived from the original on September 10, 2017. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
  12. ^ "Women's and Gender Studies, Psychology Scholar Named Dean of Georgetown College". Georgetown University. July 27, 2021. Archived from the original on January 12, 2022. Retrieved July 27, 2021.

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