Post 200: Top D.C.-Area Businesses

George Washington University

About George Washington University

2121 I St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20052
www.gwu.edu | 202-994-1000 | Founded: 1821

Industry: Education | Category: Non-profits

Stephen Joel Trachtenberg stepped down as the university's president in August after 19 years of pushing GW into the national consciousness, increasing applications and enrollment, buying up real estate and helping make it one of the most expensive schools in the country. Steven Knapp, an English literature scholar who had served as provost at Johns Hopkins University, was named GW's 16th president. The school's baseball team played the first game at Nationals Park. (It beat St. Joseph's 9-4.)

2007 Financial Data

Total employees: 9,936 | Local employees: 9,919

Did You Know

CLASS OF 2030: The area's first baby of 2008 was born at 12:02 a.m. Jan. 1 at George Washington University Hospital.

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