Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private research university in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789 as Georgetown College, the university has grown to comprise nine undergraduate and graduate schools, among which are the School of Foreign Service, School of Business, Medical School, and Law School. Located on a hill above the Potomac River, the school's main campus is identifiable by its flagship Healy Hall, a National Historic Landmark. Georgetown offers degree programs in forty-eight disciplines, enrolling an average of 7,500 undergraduate and 10,000 post-graduate students from more than 130 countries.
Louis William Valentine Dubourg
In Baltimore, the Sulpicians had arrived in the early 1790s, intending to found a seminary. John Carroll, Bishop of Baltimore, was hesitant to allow this, but was quick to use them as staff for his new academy, Georgetown College founded in 1791. Dubourg and his companions joined them, and arrived in Baltimore in December 1794. He was appointed to succeed Robert Molyneux as President of the college on 1 October 1796, serving until early 1799. Under his administration, the curriculum expanded and the college's enrollment grew. During his tenure he hosted a visit by former President George Washington in 1797. Washington tied his horse up and entered alone. On 10 July 1798, Dubourg was a dinner guest at Washington's home in Mount Vernon. When Dubourg resigned from Georgetown he was not on good terms with the directors. Bishop John Carroll explained the origin of the problem: “He was too fond of introducing his countrymen into every department; and the Directors had too strong prejudices against every thing, which was derived, in any shape, from France ... in consequence thereof, their judgment had an involuntary bias to blame him”. This tension arose during a time in the country when the Federalists of Hamilton and Adams and the Republicans of Jefferson and Madison were arguing as to whether the U.S. should be allied with Britain or France.