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A 1968 photo showing Warfield at the blackboard, leading a discussion on a Battelle project for the Ohio Department of Education.

The western end of the plaza focuses on the idea of reflective/personal well-being. There is also a reflective fountain that honors Roger Wilkin, a former civil rights leader and professor at the university. Roger Wilkins played a huge role in…

A portrait of twenty-four-year-old George Mason, wealthy Virginia planter and future political leader, commemorates his 1750 marriage to sixteen-year-old Ann Eilbeck of Maryland. Both the bride and groom were painted separately by John Hesselius, a…

Center for Mason Legacies Director George D. Oberle III, a George Mason University associate professor of history and the university's history librarian, graciously agreed to provide this analysis, despite his numerous campus obligations and…

A photo documenting Warfield's leading role in the design of the PENNSTAC computer in the 1950s.

“War in the Gulf.” A glimpse into the national response to Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait August 2, 1990, as well as the US military’s response to the crisis. We see protests in support of US troops, and for peace. A likening of the Gulf War to…

Here is a piece of correspondence written by Virginia Woolf to her brother in law, Clive Bell. This letter was donated to George Mason University in 2009. George Mason University still holds this letter in their possession. This is significant to…

Tony Skinn is the current head coach of the GMU patriots mens basketball team. he is also the coach with the best record in GMU men's basketball history. This article describes his history and gives insight on who he is as a player and coach, as well…

in October of 1977, after becoming its own university, George Mason University opened the first on campus housing facilities in university history. This is an image taken in 1977 on the fairfax campus that shows one of the first places students ever…

Despite having success, a meeting was needed in order to determine the future of the extension center. While it served its purpose, it did not do enough for the other population of the community. The Advisory Council for the Northern Virginia Center,…