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===20th century=== In 1901, the [[Georgetown University School of Medicine|School of Medicine]] added a dental school in 1901 and the undergraduate [[Georgetown University School of Nursing|School of Nursing]] in 1903.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://explore.georgetown.edu/news/?ID=2938|title=Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies Appoints New Director of Development|date=July 30, 2003|access-date=April 26, 2007|first=Lindsey|last=Spindle|department=Office of Communications|website=Georgetown University|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070321040441/http://explore.georgetown.edu/news/?ID=2938|archive-date=March 21, 2007}}</ref> [[Georgetown Preparatory School]] relocated from campus in 1919 and fully separated from the university in 1927.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://contentdm.lndlibrary.org/u?/gtown,13 |title=Third Grammar Class, Second Section, on the steps of Healy Hall at Georgetown University |website=Loyola Notre Dame Library |access-date=September 6, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928142211/http://contentdm.lndlibrary.org/u?%2Fgtown%2C13 |archive-date=September 28, 2007 }}</ref> The [[Walsh School of Foreign Service|School of Foreign Service]] (SFS) was founded in 1919 by [[Edmund A. Walsh]] to prepare students for leadership in diplomacy and foreign commerce.<ref name="bulletin" /> The [[Georgetown University School of Dentistry|School of Dentistry]] became independent of the School of Medicine in 1956.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dental Alumni History 1970s and 1980s β Georgetown Alumni Online |url=http://alumni.georgetown.edu/schoolsprograms/schoolsprograms_37.html |website=alumni.georgetown.edu |access-date=September 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910201515/http://alumni.georgetown.edu/schoolsprograms/schoolsprograms_37.html |archive-date=September 10, 2015 }}</ref> The School of Business Administration was separated from the SFS in 1957 and was renamed the [[McDonough School of Business]] (MSB) in 1998 in honor of SFS alumnus Robert E. McDonough.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/gsb-takes-new-name-1.1887082|title=GSB Takes New Name|work=[[The Hoya]]|first=Emily|last=Lyons|date=October 9, 1998|access-date=May 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119065233/http://www.thehoya.com/gsb-takes-new-name-1.1887082|archive-date=January 19, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=McDonough School of Business History |url=https://msb.georgetown.edu/about/history/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=McDonough School of Business |language=en}}</ref> Georgetown also aimed to expand its resources and student body. The School of Nursing has admitted female students since its founding, and most of the university classes were made available to women on a limited basis by 1952.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://guide.georgetown.edu/slideshows/slides/show11_slide17.html|website=Georgetown University β About Georgetown|title=Georgetown University history: Co-Ed|access-date=July 17, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080103023223/http://guide.georgetown.edu/slideshows/slides/show11_slide17.html|archive-date=January 3, 2008}}</ref> With the College of Arts and Sciences welcoming its first female students in the 1969β1970 [[academic year]], Georgetown became fully [[coeducation]]al.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/areen-outlines-women-s-role-1.1887300|title=Areen Outlines Women's Role|date=April 1, 2003|access-date=May 1, 2011|work=[[The Hoya]]|first=Nick|last=Timiraos|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118223834/http://www.thehoya.com/areen-outlines-women-s-role-1.1887300|archive-date=January 18, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1962, the [[Center for Strategic and International Studies]] (CSIS) was founded at Georgetown University as a [[think tank]] to conduct policy studies and strategic analyses of political, economic and security issues throughout the world.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS): About Us |url=https://www.csis.org/programs/about-us |access-date=2022-01-10}}</ref> When [[Henry Kissinger]] retired from his position as [[United States Secretary of State|U.S. Secretary of State]] in 1977, he taught at Georgetown SFS, making CSIS the base for his Washington operations.<ref>{{cite web |date=1977-06-09 |title=Kissinger agrees to instruct undergrads at Georgetown |url=http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19770609-01.2.3 |access-date=2018-09-11 |publisher=Columbia Spectator}}</ref><ref name="Kissinger">{{cite web |date=March 28, 2012 |title=A Harvard-Henry Kissinger DΓ©tente? |url=http://harvardmagazine.com/2012/03/henry-kissinger-returns-to-harvard |access-date=October 4, 2013 |work=Harvard Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Henry Kissinger appointed professor |url=https://msfs.georgetown.edu/timeline/henry-kissinger-appointed-professor/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=School of Foreign Service |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1986, the university's [[board of directors]] voted to sever all ties with CSIS due to differences in academic direction and competing fund-raising efforts.<ref name="sever">Jordan, Mary. "GU Severs Ties With Think Tank: Center's Academics, Conservatism Cited". ''The Washington Post''. 18 October 1986. p. B1.</ref> [[File:Georgetown University (53821005319).jpg|alt=A large Gothic-style stone building dominated by a tall clocktower.|thumb|[[Healy Hall]], which houses classrooms and the university's executive body]] In 1975, Georgetown established the [[Center for Contemporary Arab Studies]], soliciting funds from the governments of the United States, [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Oman]], and [[Libya]] as well as American corporations with business interests in the Middle East.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Khalil|first=Osamah F.|title=America's Dream Palace: Middle East Expertise and the Rise of the National Security State|publisher=Harvard University Press|year=2016|isbn=978-0-674-97157-8|location=Cambridge, MA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Feinberg|first=Lawrence|date=1980-05-12|title=United Arab Emirates Gives GU $750,000 for A Chair in Arab Studies|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1980/05/12/united-arab-emirates-gives-gu-750000-for-a-chair-in-arab-studies/be4813de-0d01-4438-8c03-2cd29bbbefad/|access-date=2021-11-26|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> It later returned the money it received from [[Muammar Gaddafi|Muammar Qaddafi]]'s Libyan government, which had been used to fund a chair for [[Hisham Sharabi|Hisham Shirabi]], and also returned further donations from [[Iraq]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Maeroff|first=Gene I.|date=1981-02-24|title=UNIVERSITY RETURNS $600,000 LIBYAN GIFT|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/02/24/us/university-returns-600000-libyan-gift.html|access-date=2021-11-26|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Georgetown ended its bicentennial year of 1989 by electing [[Leo J. O'Donovan]], S.J. as president. He subsequently launched the Third Century Campaign to expand the school's endowment.<ref name=degioia>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/degioia-named-next-gu-president-1.1886283|title=DeGioia Named Next GU President|first=Tim|last=Sullivan|work=[[The Hoya]]|date=February 16, 2001|access-date=May 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119065631/http://www.thehoya.com/degioia-named-next-gu-president-1.1886283|archive-date=January 19, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
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