The Elliott School marked International Women’s Week with a speaker series featuring distinguished alumnae, called Pathways to Success: Career Accomplishments of Elliott School Women. The featured panelists ranged from recent graduates to seasoned professionals, and work for powerful institutions including the State Department, the World Bank, and the White House. They are passionate about issues […]
ell Democratic Sen.-elect Tammy Duckworth, M.A. ’92, unseated Republican Mark Kirk to earn a seat in the U.S. Senate. Tuesday marked an important day for GW alumni who won their respective Congressional races across the country. Five George Washington University alumni have been newly-elected or re-elected to seats in Congress following Tuesday’s general election. Rep. […]
In celebration of 80 years of GW’s Distinguished Alumni Achievement Awards, four past recipients reminisce on their time at GW and the opportunities that led to their future professional successes. Learn more about the awards at alumni.gwu.edu/alumni-awards.
When Edward “Skip” Gnehm Jr., ESIA BA ’66, MA ’68, arrived at GW in the fall of 1962, he already had his goal in sight. He spent the next six years studying international affairs. A distinguished career as a diplomat, including three ambassadorships, followed. He is currently Kuwait Professor of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Affairs […]
Twenty-five years ago — in 1988 — GW’s School of International Affairs was renamed in honor of the outgoing president of the university, Lloyd Elliott, and his wife Evelyn. In 2013, the Elliott School is proud to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the naming of the school as well as the 115th anniversary of the […]
Wesley Reisser, ESIA BA ’04, CCAS MA ’07, published his first book, The Black Book: Woodrow Wilson’s Secret Plan for Peace (Lexington Books, 2012), about the maps and plans used by the American delegation to the 1919 Paris Peace Conference and the lasting legacy of American involvement in World War I. Reisser is an assistant […]
Henry Bardach, CCAS AA ’47, ESIA BA ’48, a Foreign Service economics and commercial officer who became director of the Office of Economic Policy in the State Department’s East Asia bureau, died Jan. 1. Mr. Bardach served at the State Department from 1951 to 1985. Over the years, his assignments included Hong Kong, Indonesia, Switzerland and […]
