Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs

Robertson Hall, which houses the Woodrow Wilson School.

The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (often truncated to Woodrow Wilson School or abbreviated WWS; known as "Woody Woo" or "The Woo' Woo' Schoo'" in campus slang) is a professional public policy school at Princeton University. The school has granted undergraduate A.B. degrees since 1930 and graduate degrees since 1948. It has three graduate degree programs: masters' degrees (in the M.P.A. and M.P.P. programs), and doctoral degrees. The most recent degree offered by the Woodrow Wilson School, is the Joint Degree Program (JDP), which offers a joint degree from WWS in Social Policy and 1) Politics, 2) Psychology, 3) Population Studies, and 4) Sociology. In addition, candidates can receive a PhD in Economics with a special JDP Fellowship.

History

The School of Public and International Affairs, as it was originally named, was founded at Princeton in 1930, created in the spirit of Woodrow Wilson's interest in preparing students for leadership in public and international affairs. In September 2005, the Woodrow Wilson School celebrated 75 years of preparing talented individuals for careers in the service of the nation and the world.

The School's initial venture was an interdisciplinary program for undergraduates in Princeton's liberal arts college, although a graduate professional program was planned from the beginning.

According to the School's first catalog from February 1930, "Throughout its history the sons of Princeton have been prominent in the service of the nation--statesmen, soldiers, judges, diplomats, men of science and men of letters, leaders of religious thought at home and abroad. It was this background which prompted Woodrow Wilson in 1896 to define the University's destiny as: 'Princeton in the Nation's Service'...Upon this foundation Princeton has established the School of Public and International Affairs which will...prepare [its students] for the new movement in national and world affairs."

The graduate professional program was added in 1948. That same year the School was renamed to honor Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president of the United States, who was a member of Princeton's Class of 1879, governor of the State of New Jersey, and the 13th president of Princeton University. The phrase "Princeton in the Nation's Service" was the theme of two speeches Wilson gave at the University, first during its sesquicentennial celebration in 1896, and again at his inauguration as the University's president in 1902.

In the 1990s, the motto was expanded by then-president Harold T. Shapiro to read "Princeton in the Nation's Service, and in the Service of All Nations." It is a concept that Princeton and the Woodrow Wilson School regard as an educational mission.

In 1961, Charles '26 and Marie Robertson provided a historic gift to expand and strengthen the graduate school as a place where men (and later women) dedicated to public service could obtain the knowledge and skills that would qualify them for careers in government service, particularly in the areas of international relations and affairs, upon graduation or later in their careers. In doing so, the Robertsons hoped to reach a larger ultimate objective: to strengthen the government of the United States and increase its "ability and determination to defend and extend freedom throughout the world." The gift and the Foundation it funded were initially anonymous: the "X Foundation" provided the means to build Robertson Hall, greatly expand the number of graduate students in the M.P.A., M.P.P., and Ph.D. programs, and build a world-class faculty in multiple disciplines.

Today

Today, the School educates a wide range of students from the U.S. and around the world who seek to apply their knowledge and skills to the solution of vital public problems in both the domestic and international realms. It boasts a faculty of scholars and practitioners in disciplines that include politics, economics, sociology, psychology, physics, molecular biology, and geosciences, who, individually and as members of a variety of world-class research centers and programs, react to and influence the international and domestic environment through policy research, which in turn adds depth and vitality to the teaching program.

Robertson Hall

A $35 million grant from Charles and Marie Robertson, the owners of the A&P grocery chain, funded the construction of the school's current home in Robertson Hall designed by Minoru Yamasaki. Their donation provided the base of its endowment, which stands at roughly $800 million.^{[citation needed]}

MPA-MPP Funding

Following its tradition of preparing students for global public leadership, the Woodrow Wilson School provides more than ninety percent of its MPA and MPP students with some financial aid, and provides more than half with full tuition scholarships and living stipends.^{[citation needed]} For approximately seventy MPAs and fifteen MPPs per year, this highly selective program allows graduates to complete their studies without incurring debt.

Notable alumni

• Samuel Alito, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
• Bob Abernethy, television journalist
• Hady Amr, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for the Middle East, U.S. Agency for International Development, former Director, Brookings Doha Center, Brookings Institution
• Peter D. Bell, former President of CARE
• Kit Bond, former U.S. Senator from Missouri, former Governor of Missouri
• Joshua B. Bolten, former White House Chief of Staff; former Director of the Office of Management and Budget under George W. Bush
• Brendan Byrne, former Governor of New Jersey
• Frank Carlucci, former Secretary of Defense
• Barbara Cassani, founder of Go Fly and leader of London's successful bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Steven Colloton, judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Edward F. Cox, lawyer
• Ted Cruz, U.S. Senator from Texas, former Solicitor General of Texas
• Mitch Daniels, Governor of Indiana, former director of the Office of Management and Budget under George W. Bush
• Bill Frist, former U.S. Senator from Tennessee, former Senate Majority Leader
• Robert L. Gordon III, U.S. Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy
• Mohsin Hamid, author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist
• James A. Johnson, former chairman of Fannie Mae and Democratic "wise man"
• Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, former United States Attorney General, deceased
• Wendy Kopp, founder, Teach for America
• Anthony Lake, Executive Director of UNICEF, former National Security Advisor (1993–1997)
• Leonard Lance, U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 7th District
• David J. Lane, U.S. Ambassador and former philanthropy executive
• William Lynn, former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense
• David Madden, 19-time champion on the television game show Jeopardy!
• David McCormick, former Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs
• Mike McCurry, former White House Press Secretary under Bill Clinton
• Jeff Merkley, U.S. Senator from Oregon, former Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives
• Judith Miller, former reporter for The New York Times, covered the Plame affair
• Ralph Nader, consumer protection lawyer, author and political activist
• Joseph S. Nye, Jr., former dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
• Michael E. O'Hanlon, Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution
• Robert C. Orr, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Strategic Planning
• David H. Petraeus, United States Army General Commander, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Commander, U.S. Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A), and former director of the Central Intelligence Agency
• Stuart J. Rabner, Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court
• Chuck Reed, mayor of San Jose, California
• Graham Richard, mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana
• Anthony Romero, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union
• William Rusher, publisher, National Review, deceased
• John P. Sarbanes, U.S. Representative for Maryland's 3rd District
• Paul Sarbanes, former U.S. Senator from Maryland
• Terri A. Sewell, U.S. Representative for Alabama's 7th District
• George P. Shultz, former Secretary of State, former Secretary of the Treasury, former Secretary of Labor
• P. W. Singer, Senior Fellow, Director, 21st Century Defense Initiative, Brookings Institution
• Anne-Marie Slaughter, former Director of Policy Planning, United States Department of State, former Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School
• Eliot Spitzer, former Governor of New York
• Bob Taft, former Governor of Ohio
• John Turitzin, Marvel Entertainment Vice President
• Paul Volcker, Chairman of the Federal Reserve (1979–1987)

Notable faculty

Woodrow Wilson School faculty and researchers are highly accomplished scholars who conduct innovative social science research and provide governmental policy makers, politicians, nonprofit organizations, and research centers with expert, non-partisan policy analysis. In addition to the more than 80 full-time faculty members at the School, students work with a distinguished group of approximately 40 visiting professors, lecturers, and practitioners from the world of public and international affairs.

External links

• Official website
• Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Twitter
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