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Line 36: '''The George Washington University''' ('''GW''' or '''GWU''') is a [[Private university|private]] [[University charter#Federal|federally-chartered]] [[research university]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] Originally named '''Columbian College''', it was chartered in 1821 as Washington, D.C.'s first university by the [[United States Congress]]. GW is one of nation's six [[University charter#Federal|federally chartered]] universities.<ref name="Thomas2014">{{cite book|last=Thomas|first=George|title=The Founders and the Idea of a National University|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VborBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA2 |year=2014|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-316-03334-0|pages=2–8; 31; 70–82|access-date=March 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319042808/https://books.google.com/books?id=VborBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA2|archive-date=March 19, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="AboutGW">{{cite web|title=About the University: Overview|url=http://bulletin.gwu.edu/about-university/|website=University Bulletin|issue=2016–2017|publisher=The George Washington University|access-date=March 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324111140/http://bulletin.gwu.edu/about-university/|archive-date=March 24, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> GW is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among [[List of research universities in the United States#Universities classified as "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity"|"R1: Doctoral Universities – Very High Research Activity."]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Carnegie Classifications – Institution Profile|url=https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=131469|access-date=March 30, 2020|publisher=Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research|archive-date=August 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801010530/https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=131469|url-status=live}}</ref> It is the only member of the [[Association of American Universities]] in Washington, D.C Many notable individuals have served as trustees, such as [[Alexander Graham Bell]] and presidents [[John Quincy Adams]] and [[Ulysses S. Grant]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Mason |first=Matthew |title=John Quincy Adams and the Tangled Politics of Slavery |date=2013-05-03 |work=A Companion to John Adams and John Quincy Adams |pages=402–421 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118524381.ch20 |access-date=2024-03-13 |place=Oxford |publisher=John Wiley & Sons|doi=10.1002/9781118524381.ch20 |isbn=978-0-470-65558-0 }}</ref> Notable [[List of George Washington University alumni|alumni]], [[List of George Washington University faculty|faculty]], and affiliates include [[List of George Washington University alumni#Heads of state and government|16 foreign heads of state or government]], 28 [[United States Senate|United States senators]], 27 [[United States governors]], 18 [[List of George Washington University alumni#U.S. Cabinet|U.S. Cabinet members]], five Nobel laureates, two [[List of American universities with Olympic medals|Olympic medalists]], two [[Academy Award]] winners, and a [[Golden Globe]] winner.<ref>{{Cite web|title=GW Alumni Association {{!}} The George Washington University|url=https://www.alumni.gwu.edu/|access-date=June 6, 2021|website=www.alumni.gwu.edu|archive-date=June 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607203004/https://www.alumni.gwu.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref> GW has over 1,100 active alumni in the [[U.S. Foreign Service]] and is one of the largest feeder schools for the [[diplomatic corps]].<ref>{{cite web|year=2015|title=Top Foreign Service Feeder Schools|url=https://schar.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/foreign-service-feeder-schools-1793x1267-1793x1267.jpg|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104162620/https://schar.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/foreign-service-feeder-schools-1793x1267-1793x1267.jpg|archive-date=January 4, 2017|access-date=April 24, 2017|publisher=[[American Foreign Service Association]]}}</ref> | |||