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After the Columbian College in the District of Columbia was approved by the President James Monroe, many famous people have visited its campuses such as Monroe himself, John. C. Calhoun, Marques de Lafayette, Henry Clay.

During the Civil War, the buildings of the college were used as hospital centers and barracks. In 1973, Columbian College became Columbian University. In 1904, Columbian University was renamed in the honor of the George Washington. The University is still decorated with the symbols of Freemasons.

In 1930, became a center of theoretical physics. In 1939 within the walls of the Columbian University, the atom was split by Otto Hahn. During the Vietnam War, Columbian University was the most active institution to show its protests against the war and to make protesting demonstrations.

In 1996, the University obtained Mount Vernon College for Women. First, this educational institution was to educate only women; however, later it became a co-educational institution.

Nowadays, the Mount Vernon College is reconstructed into the common GW community.

Steven Knapp became the president of the George Washington University on 1, 2007. And nowadays, George Washington University is serving after his government.

George Washington University has greatly developed for the recent years; however, still, it does not stop its improvement and development.