University of Washington

The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a major public research university in the Seattle metropolitan area. Also known as Washington or UW (pronounced U Dub) and locally as The U, it is the largest university in the Pacific Northwest and one of the oldest public institutions of higher education on the West Coast of the United States. The university is made up of three campuses with its flagship campus in Seattle's University District, and upper division campuses in Tacoma and Bothell. The University of Washington has been coined as one of the "Public Ivies" - a public university that provides an "ivy league" collegiate experience.

Presidents

The following individuals have held the office of President

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of the University of Washington. (Interim presidents are not shown.) The university has a tradition

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of naming new buildings for former presidents; those who have had buildings named after them are marked with an asterisk.

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