Georgetown University

Georgetown University in the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C.; Jesuit; coeducational; founded 1789 by John Carroll , chartered 1815, inc. 1844. Its law and medical schools are noteworthy, and its archives are especially rich in letters and manuscripts by and about persons important in American and Roman Catholic history. The School of Foreign Service is the largest school of international relations in the world and the oldest in the United States. Research institutes include the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and Woodstock Theological Center and Library.

Bibliography: See study by J. T. Durkin (1964).

Tenet, George J. (1953–) born in New York City and the son of Greek immigrants, Tenet attended Georgetown University's School of Foreign Affairs (1976), and received a Master's degree in International Affairs from Columbia University (1978). He went on to work in both the executive and legislative branches of the government on intelligence issues, and moved up the Washington career ladder very quickly. From 1993 to 1995 he was Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Intelligence Programs at the National Security Council, and in 1995 became the deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency. In 1997 he became the Director of that agency.