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.
Edward B. Bunn
The Rev. Edward Bernard Bunn, S.J. (March 15, 1896 – June 18, 1972) was the 44th President of Georgetown University from 1952 to 1964. A leader in Roman Catholic education, he was the longest tenured president of the university at the time of his death. From 1938 to 1947, Edward Bunn was president of Loyola College in Baltimore, Maryland. He was director of the University of Scranton’s labor school for less than a year before going to Georgetown. Previous to his work at Loyola, he taught drama at Fordham University and psychology at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York.