Winter 1996
Features
The Time of Our Lives
A timeline presenting the pageant of the University's history, from the
first glimmer in President Washington's eye throught the ups and downs of 175 years to the
thriving present.
The Young and the Pious
How life was supposed to be lived by the first students at Columbian
College, as described by the official College Laws adopted in 1822. Know the code!
The Mystery of the Missing Shares
One of the enduring legends of GW is President
Washington's bequest of 50 shares of stock to create a university in the nation's capital. A GW
scholar tracks down the fate of that noble gift
Paul Claussen, BA '63, MA '66, PhD '76
At 175, Are We Having Fun Yet?
President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg reveals in an interview
where he thinks GW has been and where he would like to see it go as the second millennium
comes to an end
Robert Guldin
Departments
GW News
- Sveta Smashes NCAA Volleyball Record
- Gnehm and Shapiro Named to GW Board
- Making Book on History
- From Johannesburg to Jerusalem
- Medicine Meets Its Future
- The 175th Anniversary Calendar
- GW Watches Nervously as Federal Cuts Loom
- Once Again, Colonials Have High Hoops
- Trachtenberg Receives Honors
- Spy vs. Spy in Gelman Library
- Swimmer Bambi Bowman Takes Open Water Titles
Alumni Newsmakers
- Susan Nichols, MA '76 (Save Outdoor Sculpture)
- Diane Buck, MA '80 (SOS)
- Margaret Robinette, BA '71, MA '74 (SOS)
- Richele Berg, BA '91, MA '95 (SOS)
- John Flaherty, BA '91 (Catcher for Detroit Tigers)
- Michael Seitzman, BA '89 (movie maker, Farmer and Chase)
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