He was born August 22, , in Findlay, Ohio. He moved with his family to Riverside, California, in and graduated from high school there that year. After beginning his studies at Stanford University, he earned an A.
He served as a faculty member and dean at U. He served five years there before coming to GW in Marvin reorganized the administration of the University. With the assistance of the Board of Trustees he revamped and strengthened its financial structure so that at no time in his administration, even during the depression and the war years, was there a retrenchment through reduction in the size of the teaching staff or in faculty salaries.
By the s, the University had become well established in the Foggy Bottom area, and the institution had become a true urban university. By the time Marvin retired in , the University had spread out to more than six times its old area, and the faculty and enrollment had doubled.
Endowments were four times bigger and physical properties had increased eighteen fold. President Marvin died April 27, , in Washington, D. Oswald Symister Colclough twice served as acting president of The George Washington University: from to and to He was also a professor of law and Dean of the Law School from , Dean of Facilities from and Provost from , retiring from GW in Colclough was born in Monroetown, Pennsylvania, on November 18, He died January 26, , in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
Following graduation from the U. In he was promoted to rear admiral and in November of that year he was confirmed by the Senate as Judge Advocate General of the Navy. He retired from active military service in with the rank of vice admiral.
Admiral Colclough was active in professional and public service roles in the law, defense policy, education and government throughout his academic, legal and military careers. He was a member of the U. In GW awarded him an honorary degree as Doctor of Science. Carroll was a specialist in economics and business administration, and served seven years as Vice President of the Ford Foundation before assuming the Presidency of the University.
He was born May 12, , in San Francisco, and earned a B. Carroll earned M. From he was a faculty member and assistant dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, the latter at the age of twenty-six.
Carroll began work with the Ford Foundation in , when he agreed to serve on an advisory committee on policy and programs. He later became director of economic development and administration before taking over as vice president of the Foundation in President John F.
Kennedy spoke at Carroll's inauguration, receiving an honorary degree from the alma mater of his wife Jacqueline, class of It took her two years to get a degree, and it took me two minutes; but in any case, we are both grateful. Before his sudden death on July 27, , President Carroll had overseen the beginning of work on the new wing of the University Hospital and the University's participation in a new consortium of local universities to strengthen graduate studies.
He emphasized the centrality of the liberal arts in the curriculum of the University and recommended the merger of the Junior College with Columbian College of Arts and Sciences.
He gave increased emphasis to international affairs and established the Institute for Sino-Soviet Studies. He inaugurated a music program and provided new teaching facilities for the fine arts. Lloyd H. Elliott became University President during the turbulent years of the Vietnam Era and student protests.
By the end of his tenure Dr. Elliott had brought to the University financial stability and continued growth through academic development and his many building programs. As Dr. Elliott considered libraries to be the backbone of any campus, his proudest achievement was the building of the three libraries currently on the main campus: the Melvin Gelman Library, the Jacob Burns Law Library, and the Paul Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library.
Lerner Hall were completed. In Dr. Elliott opened the Cloyd Heck Marvin Student Center, a high priority project because of the great need for additional space for student activities. Ross Hall. With the relocation of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, the University was for the first time located in one central area. The Charles E. Smith Center for Physical Education and Athletics, which replaced the old "Tin Tabernacle" gymnasium, was dedicated in During his tenure, Dr.
Elliott launched the Educational Opportunity Program and created the new faculty rank of "University Professor. Earlier, in Washington, D. He has been an attorney with the U. In , President Trachtenberg created the Office of Campus Life and made a commitment to offer programs and services "to enhance the personal, professional, social and cultural development of the University community. President Trachtenberg affirmed his commitment to the importance of teaching at the University with the establishment of the University Teaching Center.
He also created the 21st Century Scholars program, allowing high school students within the District of Columbia to attend the University and participate in aspects of campus life. President Trachtenberg endorsed and advanced policies designed to increase excellence in research, graduate and undergraduate liberal arts education, budgetary stability and quality management for the University. Between August 28, , and May 19, , the University celebrated its th Anniversary. Knapp came to GW after serving as provost of the Johns Hopkins University since , where he also served as dean of the college of arts and sciences from to Knapp was a professor of English literature at the University of California, Berkeley, for 16 years prior to his tenure at Johns Hopkins, specializing in Romanticism, literary theory, and the intersection of 18th and 19th century English literature with philosophy and religion.
He authored two books and numerous articles that continue to be widely read today. He worked to generate new opportunities, resources, and recognition to position GW University and students as leaders in the advancement of education, science, technology, the arts, public service, and policy and law.
As the first George Washington president to reside on campus, Dr. In June , Dr. Knapp announced that he would resign and GW would have a new president in Thomas J.
An accomplished academic leader, Dr. In May , he announced that he would retire in June On October 5, , the Board of Trustees approved a resolution to honor Dr. LeBlanc's service to GW, awarding him the status of president emeritus at the conclusion of his term. Show How Do I? Open search form Search terms. Available Online.
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