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Founded in 1919 - six years before the U.S. Foreign Service - it was named after its first dean, Edmund A. Walsh , S.J.. Walsh founded the school as a result of his experiences at the Versailles Conference of 1919, where he believed U.S. diplomats to have been inadequately trained.
As of 2004, the enrollment was 1,400 undergraduates seeking a Bachelor of Foreign Serice, and 500 graduate students seeking a Masters Degree or joint Masters/Ph.D. Undergraduate concentrations leading to a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service (BSFS) include International Economics, International Political Economy, International Politics, Science, Technology and International Affairs, Culture and Politics, Regional and Comparative Studies and International History. Master of Arts (MA) programs include programs in Arab Studies, German and European Studies, Latin American Studies, Russian and Eastern European Studies and Security Studies. The only Master of Science (MS) program is the Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS). The current Dean of the school is Robert Gallucci.
Famous alumni include Bill Clinton ( 1968), Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ( 1968), Richard Durbin ( 1966), and George Tenet ( 19761976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 12 UN Security Council votes 11-1 to admit the Palestinian Liberation Organization January 15 Would-be Gerald Ford presidential assassin Sara Jane Moore is s).