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A photo of the 1985 championship winning team.

At the 1956 General Assembly Session, representatives from the Northern Virginia Delegation brought forth their case to submit a resolution creating a Northern Virginia branch of the University of Virginia. Mann added a point of the branch only…

In 1954, the Advisory Council for the Northern Virginia Center was formed to advise the University on the operation of the center and to explore possibilities of its expansion to a branch of the University of Virginia. Due to a change in rules…

Instead of creating a full-fledged branch college of NOVA, an extension center was established with the emphasis on adult education and college-level instruction. It was fought for and approved in 1949, with organized classes beginning in 1950. By…

A series of papers written by Charles Mann Jr. from his point of view depicting the years 1949 to 1957 and his work in the early years of George Mason University and its predecessor, the Northern Virginia University Center. He served as the Chairman…

A call between the president of the University of Virginia, Colgate Darden Jr. and Charles Mann Jr. calling for the creation of a new higher education institution in Northern Virginia. Darden asked Mann to head a committee to explore the feasibility…

A portrait of C. Harrison Mann, one of hte members of the VA house of delegates that helped establish George Mason University.

A page from the 2004 GMU yearbook showcasing Student Life.

Desing layout of the GMU Fairfax campus, along with extension plans

Composite photograph created by Richard M. Sparks depicting scenes from a press conference called by Drs. Lee Potter, Joseph Harrison, Fanny-Fern Davis, and Linda Grant DePauw to announce their resignations from George Mason College, May 20, 1965.…