For Inauguration Day today, we look back on how Georgetown students, faculty and staff have been a part of presidential inaugurations throughout U.S. history.
Slide 1+2: Several former Georgetown Presidents were asked to serve on inauguration committees, including Rev. Alphonsus J. Donlon, SJ, for President Woodrow Wilson (1917), and Rev. J. Himmel, SJ, for President William Howard Taft (1909).
Slide 3: In 1929, the Georgetown ROTC took part in the inaugural parade for President Herbert Hoover.
Slide 4: In 1953, Georgetown hosted an Inaugural Ball for President Dwight D. Eisenhower on campus at the McDonough Gymnasium.
Slide 5: After being elected President in 1992, Bill Clinton (SFS'68) returned to Georgetown to speak from the steps of Old North for an address to the Diplomatic Corp during 1993 pre-inauguration activities in the District.
Slide 6: Students joined inauguration activities on the National Mall to support alumnus Bill Clinton at his second inauguration in 1997.
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