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The library was originally conceived with a traditional design similar to other buildings at Georgetown University. [5] However, Warnecke's final design of the Lauinger Library embraces brutalism and was intended as a modern interpretation of the nearby Healy Hall, a Flemish Romanesque building, with its iconic spire echoing the clock tower of Healy.
Riggs Memorial Library served as the main library of Georgetown between 1891 and 1970, until it was replaced by Lauinger Library. Riggs library, which is located on the third floor of Healy Hall, is one of the few existing cast-iron libraries in the country and still serves its original purpose of storing books.
Dahlgren Memorial Library 1970 Medical: Library Named for John Vinton Dahlgren: Edward Bennett Williams Law Library: 1989 Law: Library Lauinger Library: 1969–1970 Main Library Basic Science Building 1972 Medical: Academic Building D Medical: Administrative Medical and Dental Building St. Ignatius Chapel 1930 Medical: Academic
Dahlgren Medical Library serves the Medical School, and like Lauinger Library, is built in the brutalist style popular in the 1970s. [7] The Edward Bennett Williams Law Library and John Wolff International and Comparative Law Library comprise Georgetown's Law Library, which is the fifth largest in United States. [8]
In 2005, the Suzanne Deal Booth Collaborative Partnership, Rice University, Houston, Texas was created and in 2015 The Booth Center for Special Collections at Georgetown’s Lauinger Library – extensive collection of rare books, manuscripts and art was dedicated. [16]
[8] [14] [51] Warnecke's first important commission from the President was the design for a presidential library. Plans and sites were discussed in May, and on October 19, just 34 days before his assassination, President Kennedy (with Warnecke by his side) chose a site next to the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration .
David Booth and his ex-wife, Suzanne Deal Booth, focused their philanthropy efforts on educational institutions and art restoration projects. In 1998 Suzanne Booth created the Friends of Heritage Preservation, which acts as a rapid response team for art preservation initiatives, whose area of focus ranges from entire historical sites to single works of art.
This is a list of notable Georgetown University faculty, including both current and past faculty at the Washington, D.C. school.As of 2007, Georgetown University employs approximately 1,202 full-time and 451 part-time faculty members across its three campuses. [1]