Washington and Lee University
| Washington and Lee University | |
|---|---|
| motto | Non Incautus Futuri |
| founding | 1749 |
| Sponsorship | Private |
| place | Lexington , Virginia , USA |
| president | Kenneth Patrick Ruscio |
| Students | 2,200 |
| Professors | 255 |
| Foundation assets | $ 897 million |
| University sports | NCAA Division III, ODAC |
| Website | www.wlu.edu |
The Washington and Lee University is a private university in Lexington , Virginia , United States. The university was founded in 1749 and is now named after George Washington and Robert Edward Lee .
history
In 1749 the university was founded by Irish and Scottish settlers as the Augusta Academy 30 km north of what is now Lexington. In 1776, in the rising patriotism of the American Revolution, it was renamed Liberty Hall . Four years later, it moved to Lexington, the name was changed to Liberty Hall Academy , and the school was approved by the Virginia General Assembly to award degrees. When George Washington donated $ 20,000 to the academy in 1796 , the name was changed to Washington Academy . In 1813 the institute moved to its present location in Lexington and was renamed Washington College . In 1865 Robert Edward Lee became president of the college and merged it with Lexington Law School, founded in 1849 . After his death in 1870, the college was renamed again to its current name. The School of Commerce was founded in 1906 and the School of Journalism in 1925 , the first of its kind in a college. Originally a men's college, the first women were admitted to law studies in 1972 and to other subjects in 1985.
organization
The university is divided into three divisions :
- The College as a Liberal Arts College for all first-year and senior students in the fields of arts, social sciences and natural sciences
- Williams School of Commerce, Economics and Politics for students of economics and political science
- The School of Law which enables a law degree
Well-known graduates
- Matt Bevin , 1989, Kentucky Governor
- Bill Brock , 1953, politician
- Terry Brooks , 1969, American fantasy writer
- Edward Cooper , 1892, politician
- John J. Crittenden , 1805, Kentucky Governor and US Attorney General
- John W. Davis , 1895, Democratic Party presidential candidate in the 1924 election
- Joseph Leonard Goldstein , 1962, geneticist , Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1985
- Meriwether Lewis , 1793, planning and executing the Lewis and Clark Expedition
- J. Michael Luttig , former federal judge
- Jackson Morton , 1814, politician
- Robert Mosbacher , 1947, Republican Party politician
- Lewis F. Powell , 1931, United States Supreme Court Justice
- Pat Robertson , 1950, Conservative television preacher
- Cy Twombly , 1953, artist, abstract expressionist painter
- John Warner , 1949, Secretary of the Navy 1972-1974
- Joe Wilson , 1969, Republican Party politician
- Tom Wolfe , 1951, writer, journalist, art and architecture critic
Web links
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Washington and Lee University: W&L at a Glance (English). Accessed August 9, 2010
- ↑ National Association of College and University Business Office: 2009 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments ( Memento of December 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (English, PDF, 186 KB). Accessed August 9, 2010
- ↑ Washington and Lee University: University History (English). Accessed August 9, 2010
- ↑ Washington and Lee University: Academics ( Memento of August 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (English). Accessed August 9, 2010
Coordinates: 37 ° 47 ′ 11 " N , 79 ° 26 ′ 38" W.