Alumni
We are proud of our majors and graduate students who have used their GW education as a springboard to successful careers. George Washington University history graduates have gone on to careers in the law, the military, medicine, government, non governmental organizations, journalism, politics, teaching, and a variety of other fields. The annual department newsletter provides information about some of our former students.
We often hear from alumni and would like you to let us know what you are doing, either by writing to us at history@gwu.edu, or if you prefer non-electronic correspondence, write to Chairperson, Department of History, The George Washington University, Washington DC, 20052. Your lives are our true legacy.
Keeping New York and New Jersey Safe
“You could probably drop me into GW now, and I would still be able to walk backwards across the campus,” says New Jersey State Senator Bill Baroni, a Republican from Middlesex and Mercer counties.
History major Bhaskar Sunkara ’11 brings Marx to the masses.
When Bhaskar Sunkara was growing up in Westchester County, he likes to say, he dreamed of being a professional basketball player. But the height gods, among others, didn’t smile in his favor. So in 2009, during a medical leave from his sophomore year at George Washington University, Mr. Sunkara turned to Plan B: creating a magazine dedicated to bringing jargon-free neo-Marxist thinking to the masses.