THE KENNEDYS HAVE TWO DEGREES FROM GWU, JACKIE'S B.S. & JFK'S HONORARY J.D.
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On May 3, 1961, President John F. Kennedy was presented with an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree by George Washington University* here in the Nation's Capital.
In accepting the degree, the President noted that the First Lady, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, had graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the university.
President Kennedy said...
"My wife beat me to this honor by about eight or nine years. It took her two years to get the degree and it took me two minutes."
JFK+50 NOTE
Jacqueline Bouvier studied at Vassar College & spent her junior year in Paris. She finished her degree at GWU in 1951 earning a Bachelor of Science in French Literature.
*The George Washington University, founded in 1821, is a privately federally chartered institution, the first under jurisdiction of Washington, D.C. In 2025, GWU had 24,500 students. The undergraduate tuition is $64,990.
SOURCE
"JFK Gets Honorary Degree," JFK+50, May 3, 2011, www.jfk50.blogspot.com/
