Georgetown University

Georgetown University is a major research university in the United States. It is located in Georgetown, a neighborhood of Washington, DC. It is both the oldest Roman Catholic and Jesuit university in the United States, having been founded on January 23, 1789 by Archbishop John Carroll. It is a member institution of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities.

Georgetown Trivia

The 1973 horror film The Exorcist was set in and filmed at Georgetown. It was based on a novel by William Peter Blatty, who received an English degree from Georgetown in 1950.

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The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty

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The 1985 brat pack movie St. Elmo's Fire revolved around a group of students who had just graduated from Georgetown.

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Brat pack - St. Elmo's Fire

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In the NBC television series The West Wing, President Bartlet's daughter Zoey attends Georgetown. In the show's fourth season, an episode entitled "Commencement" was filmed on campus, with actual Georgetown students used as extras.

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NBC - The West Wing

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U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson attended Georgetown Law School in 1934 for several months before dropping out. Another well known Georgetown Law School dropout is Donald Rumsfeld who dropped out in 1957.

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Lyndon Baines Johnson - Georgetown Law School - 1934 - Donald Rumsfeld - 1957

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Pierce Bush, President George W. Bush's nephew, is currently a sophomore at Georgetown.

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John Carroll, S.J., founder of Georgetown University, was the first Catholic bishop in America.

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U.S. President William Jefferson Clinton (SFS ?68) was elected Freshman and Sophomore Class president, but lost his bid for student body president.

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U.S. President Abraham Lincoln visited campus in May 1861 to review the 1,400 Civil War troops stationed in temporary quarters on campus.

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Georgetown students, in 1798, were required to bring six shirts, six pair of stockings, six pocket-handkerchiefs, four cravats, four towels, one hat, and three pairs of shoes with them to campus.

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The Philodemic Debate Society was founded in 1830 and was the first collegiate debate society in the nation.

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Georgetown's Observatory, completed in 1844, was used in 1846 to determine the latitude and longitude of Washington, D.C., and was the first such calculation for the nation?s capital.

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In August 1797, U.S. President George Washington visited the campus and addressed students from the porch of Old North.

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