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This is a list of educational institutions named after U.S. presidents. Institutions are listed under their respective president's name; presidents are listed alphabetically.


Adams

* Schools are named for John Adams and John Quincy Adams, see Adams High School *
Adams House (Harvard University) Adams House is one of twelve undergraduate residential Houses at Harvard University, located between Harvard Square and the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Its name commemorates the services of the Adams family, including John Adams, ...
* John Adams Middle School ( Kanawha County Schools, Charleston, West Virginia)


Biden

* Biden School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Delaware


Buchanan

* A public high school and middle school are named for
James Buchanan James Buchanan Jr. ( ; April 23, 1791June 1, 1868) was an American lawyer, diplomat and politician who served as the 15th president of the United States from 1857 to 1861. He previously served as secretary of state from 1845 to 1849 and repr ...
in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania


G. H. W. Bush

* George Herbert Walker Bush Elementary School in Addison, Texas * George Bush High School in Richmond, Texas *
Bush School of Government and Public Service The Bush School of Government and Public Service is an undergraduate and graduate college of Texas A&M University founded in 1997 under former US President George H. W. Bush's philosophy that "public service is a noble calling." Since then, the ...
at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas


G. W. Bush

* George W. Bush Elementary School in St. Paul, Texas * George W. Bush Elementary School in
Stockton, California Stockton is a city in and the county seat of San Joaquin County, California, San Joaquin County in the Central Valley (California), Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. Stockton was founded by Carlos Maria Weber in 1849 after he acquir ...


Carter

* The Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia, is an educational institution, among other things. * Jimmy Carter Early College High School,
La Joya, Texas La Joya is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas. The population was 4,374 at the 2020 United States Census. It is part of the McAllen–Edinburg–Mission and Reynosa–McAllen metropolitan areas. History Its name, meaning "the jewel", was inspired ...
* Jimmy Carter Middle School,
Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque ( ; ), ; kee, Arawageeki; tow, Vakêêke; zun, Alo:ke:k'ya; apj, Gołgéeki'yé. abbreviated ABQ, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Its nicknames, The Duke City and Burque, both reference its founding in ...


Cleveland

* Cleveland High School (Portland, Oregon)


Clinton

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Clinton School of Public Service The Clinton School of Public Service is a branch of the University of Arkansas system and is the newest of the presidential schools. It is located on the grounds of the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock. The school is housed in the Choct ...
of the University of Arkansas * William Jefferson Clinton Elementary School, Paramount, California * William Jefferson Clinton Middle School,
Historic South Central Los Angeles Historic South Central Los Angeles is a 2.25-square-mile neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, within the South Los Angeles region. It is the site of the Bob Hope Patriotic Hall. From the late 1800s to early 1910s, African Americans began re ...
*William J. Clinton Elementary School, La Joya, Texas *William Jefferson Clinton Primary School, Hope, Arkansas


Coolidge

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New England Law Boston New England Law , Boston (formerly New England School of Law) is a private law school in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded as Portia School of Law in 1908 and is located in downtown Boston near the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Fina ...
, initially named Calvin Coolidge Law School * Coolidge Senior High School (Washington, D.C.) *
Coolidge High School Coolidge High School is a high school in Coolidge, Arizona which was established in 1939, and was renovated in 2005. It is located at 684 W. Northern Ave. It is one of two high schools under the jurisdiction of the Coolidge Unified School Distri ...
,
Coolidge, Arizona Coolidge is a city in Pinal County, Arizona, United States. According to the 2020 census, the city's population is 13,218. Coolidge is home of the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. The monument was the first historic site to receive protect ...
* Coolidge Middle School (disambiguation)


Eisenhower

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Eisenhower College Eisenhower College was a small college named after U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower, located on Cayuga Lake in Seneca Falls, New York. History Ground was broken on September 21, 1965, in a ceremony that featured President Eisenhower and his frien ...
, Seneca Falls, New York, closed in 1982 * The Eisenhower Institute, part of Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania * Eisenhower High School (disambiguation) * Eisenhower Middle School (disambiguation) * Nova Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School, Davie, Florida * Eisenhower Elementary School, Independence, Kansas


Fillmore

* Millard Fillmore College (permanently closed)


Ford

*
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, often referred to as the Ford School, is the public policy school at the University of Michigan. Founded in 1914 to train municipal administration experts, the school was named after University of Mi ...
, part of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan


Grant

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Grant High School (Portland, Oregon) Ulysses S. Grant High School (commonly Grant High School) is a public high school in the Grant Park neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, United States. History Ulysses S. Grant High School opened in September 1924, with 1,191 students. Many of th ...
* Grant Community School,
Salem, Oregon Salem ( ) is the capital of the U.S. state of Oregon, and the county seat of Marion County, Oregon, Marion County. It is located in the center of the Willamette Valley alongside the Willamette River, which runs north through the city. The river ...
* U.S. Grant High School (Oklahoma)


Harding

* Warren Harding High School, Bridgeport, Connecticut * Warren G. Harding High School (Warren, Ohio) * Warren G. Harding Middle School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


W. Harrison

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William Henry Harrison High School (Evansville, Indiana) William Henry Harrison High School, also known as Evansville Harrison High School, is a public high school on the east side of Evansville, Indiana. Students at Harrison come from the Plaza Park Middle School and McGary Middle School. Harrison Hig ...
*
William Henry Harrison High School (West Lafayette, Indiana) William Henry Harrison High School (HHS) is a four-year public high school in Tippecanoe County, Indiana near West Lafayette. The school is part of the Tippecanoe School Corporation. History William Henry Harrison Highschool was established in 1 ...
* William Henry Harrison High School (Ohio), Harrison, Ohio


Hoover

* Herbert Hoover High School (disambiguation) * Herbert Hoover Junior High School, San Francisco, California * Herbert Hoover Middle School, Potomac, Maryland * Hoover Middle School, Waterloo, Iowa * Hoover Elementary, Medford, Oregon * Hoover Elementary,
Salem, Oregon Salem ( ) is the capital of the U.S. state of Oregon, and the county seat of Marion County, Oregon, Marion County. It is located in the center of the Willamette Valley alongside the Willamette River, which runs north through the city. The river ...
* Herbert Hoover Elementary, Langhorne, Pennsylvania * Hoover Institution, a public policy think tank and research institution formally a part of
Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...


Jackson

* Jackson Middle School, Portland, Oregon * Jackson Elementary, Medford, Oregon * Jackson High School (disambiguation) *
Andrew Jackson Fundamental Magnet High School Andrew Jackson Fundamental Magnet High School, commonly nicknamed "A.J.", "Andrew Jackson", or "Andrew Jackson High School", was a public magnet high school in Chalmette in the area of St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a part of ...
, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, later Andrew Jackson Elementary School, now Andrew Jackson Middle School * Andrew Jackson Middle School ( Kanawha County Schools), Cross Lanes, West Virginia


Jefferson

* Jefferson College (disambiguation) * Jefferson Community College (disambiguation) * Jefferson Elementary School (disambiguation) * Jefferson School (disambiguation) *
Thomas Jefferson Junior High School (disambiguation) Thomas Jefferson Junior High School may refer to: * Thomas Jefferson Junior High School, Woodridge, Illinois * Thomas Jefferson Junior High School, Kearns, Utah * Thomas Jefferson Junior High School, Arlington, Virginia, now Thomas Jefferson Mid ...
*
Thomas Jefferson Junior High School (disambiguation) Thomas Jefferson Junior High School may refer to: * Thomas Jefferson Junior High School, Woodridge, Illinois * Thomas Jefferson Junior High School, Kearns, Utah * Thomas Jefferson Junior High School, Arlington, Virginia, now Thomas Jefferson Mid ...
*
Thomas Jefferson School of Law Thomas Jefferson School of Law (TJSL) is a private law school in San Diego, California. It offers a Juris Doctor and three Master of Laws programs, including one that is exclusively online,"How to enroll in America's first LLM Program". http://l ...
* Thomas Jefferson University


A. Johnson

* Andrew Johnson Elementary School, Kingsport City Schools,
Kingsport, Tennessee Kingsport is a city in Sullivan and Hawkins counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, its population was 55,442. Lying along the Holston River, Kingsport is commonly included in what is known as the Mountain Empire, w ...
* Pre-K Center in Johnson, Oklahoma City


L. Johnson

*
Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs (or LBJ School of Public Affairs) is a graduate school at the University of Texas at Austin that was founded in 1970 to offer training in public policy analysis and administration for students that ar ...
of the University of Texas at Austin *
Lyndon B. Johnson High School (Austin, Texas) Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) Early College High School is a public high school in northeast Austin, Texas. At the time of its opening in 1974, LBJ was only the second high school in the U.S. (after the former Johnson City High School) to be name ...
* Lyndon B. Johnson High School, Johnson City, Texas * Lyndon B. Johnson High School, Laredo, Texas * Lyndon B. Johnson Middle School,
Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque ( ; ), ; kee, Arawageeki; tow, Vakêêke; zun, Alo:ke:k'ya; apj, Gołgéeki'yé. abbreviated ABQ, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Its nicknames, The Duke City and Burque, both reference its founding in ...
* Lyndon B. Johnson Middle School, Johnson City, Texas * Lyndon B. Johnson Middle School, Pharr, Texas * Lyndon B. Johnson Elementary School, Johnson City, Texas


Kennedy

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John F. Kennedy School of Government The Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), officially the John F. Kennedy School of Government, is the school of public policy and government of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school offers master's degrees in public policy, public ...
of Harvard University *
John F. Kennedy University John F. Kennedy University was a private university based in California with offices in Pleasant Hill, California, Pleasant Hill, San Jose, California, San Jose in California; Natick, Massachusetts; and Willemstad, Curaçao. The university was ...
*
John F. Kennedy College John F. Kennedy College was founded in 1965 in Wahoo, Nebraska, United States, one of six colleges started by small-town businessmen on the model of Parsons College in Fairfield, Iowa. The college was named after President John F. Kennedy. Due ...
, Wahoo, Nebraska *
John F. Kennedy High School (disambiguation) John F. Kennedy High School or John F. Kennedy Catholic High School may refer to: Canada * John F. Kennedy High School (Montreal), in Montreal, Quebec Germany * John F. Kennedy School, Berlin, a primary and secondary school United States * John ...
*
President Kennedy School President Kennedy School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the Keresley area of Coventry, England. The predecessor school President Kennedy School and Community College was judged outstanding ...
, a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Coventry, England * Kennedy Middle School (disambiguation) * John F. Kennedy Elementary School, Keizer, Oregon * Kennedy Elementary, Medford, Oregon *
John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School The U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School (SWCS) – known informally as "Swick" – primarily trains and educates United States Army personnel for the United States Army Special Operations Command and United States Specia ...
, Fort Bragg, North Carolina


Lincoln

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Lincoln University (California) Lincoln University is a private university in Oakland, California. It enrolls over 500 students in undergraduate and graduate level programs in business administration, as well an English language program, certificate programs, and bachelor ...
, a private university in Oakland * Lincoln University (Missouri), a public, historically black, land-grant university in Jefferson City * Lincoln University (Pennsylvania), a public, historically black university near Oxford * Lincoln Memorial University, a private university in Harrogate, Tennessee *
Lincoln University College, Malaysia Lincoln University College, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, was founded in the year in 2002 as Lincoln College and in 2011 Lincoln College was upgraded to Lincoln University College. Lincoln University College is a private institution that provides hig ...
*
Lincoln College (Illinois) Lincoln College was a private college in Lincoln, Illinois. The college offered associate, bachelor's, and master's programs. It maintained an extension site in Normal, Illinois that provided adults with Accelerated Bridge to Education bachel ...
, a private college in Lincoln *
Lincoln Land Community College Lincoln Land Community College is a public community college in Springfield, Illinois. It has extended branches in different locations, including Beardstown, Jacksonville, Litchfield and Taylorville, Illinois. The main campus is less than half ...
, a public community college in Springfield, Illinois *
Abraham Lincoln High School (disambiguation) Abraham Lincoln High School may refer to: * Abraham Lincoln High School (Los Angeles, California) * Abraham Lincoln High School (San Francisco, California) * Abraham Lincoln High School (San Jose, California) * Abraham Lincoln High School (Color ...
*
Lincoln High School (disambiguation) Lincoln High School may refer to: Costa Rica *Lincoln School (Costa Rica), San José, Costa Rica New Zealand * Lincoln High School (New Zealand), Christchurch, New Zealand United States Alabama *Lincoln Normal School, Marion Arkansas *Lincoln ...
, includes some schools that may not be named after the president * Lincoln Junior High School, Bentonville, Arkansas * Lincoln Center Institute, the education division of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts *
Lincoln Law School of Sacramento Lincoln Law School of Sacramento is a private, for-profit law school in Sacramento, California. The school offers an evening-only, four-year juris doctor degree program. Accreditation and bar passage rate Lincoln Law School received approv ...
, a private, for-profit law school *
Lincoln Law School of San Jose Lincoln Law School of San Jose is a private, non-profit Law school in the United States, law school located in San Jose, California. Founded in 1926, the law school was formerly part of Lincoln University (California), Lincoln University, prior ...
, a private, non-profit law school * Lincoln School (disambiguation) * Lincoln Elementary School (disambiguation)


Madison

* James Madison Intermediate, Edison, New Jersey * James Madison Primary, Edison, New Jersey * James Madison University,
Harrisonburg, Virginia Harrisonburg is an independent city in the Shenandoah Valley region of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. It is also the county seat of the surrounding Rockingham County, although the two are separate jurisdictions. At the 2 ...
* James Madison College of
Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the fi ...
* James Madison High School (disambiguation) *
James Madison Middle School James Madison Middle School located in the Franklin-Colonial neighborhood of Roanoke, Virginia, USA, is situated on a large hill with a view of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Opened in 1970, it is a magnet school for technology and is part of the Ro ...
*
Madison High School (disambiguation) Madison High School may refer to: * Madison County High School (Alabama), Gurley, Alabama * Madison High School (Idaho), Rexburg, Idaho * Madison Consolidated High School, Madison, Indiana * Madison High School (Kansas), Madison, Kansas * Kentucky: ...
* Madison County High School (disambiguation)


McKinley

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McKinley High School (disambiguation) McKinley High School may refer to: United States * President William McKinley High School, Honolulu, Hawaii * McKinley High School (Chicago), Illinois, closed 1954 * McKinley High School (Sebring, Ohio), Sebring, Ohio * McKinley High School (Louisia ...
* McKinley High School (Sebring, Ohio) * William McKinley Elementary School
Salem, Oregon Salem ( ) is the capital of the U.S. state of Oregon, and the county seat of Marion County, Oregon, Marion County. It is located in the center of the Willamette Valley alongside the Willamette River, which runs north through the city. The river ...


Monroe

* Monroe College, a private, for-profit college in New York City * James Monroe High School (disambiguation)


Nixon

* Richard M. Nixon Elementary School, Hiawatha, Iowa * Nixon Elementary School, Landing, New Jersey


Obama

* Barack & Michelle Obama Elementary School, St Paul, Minnesota *Barack & Michelle Obama Academy, Atlanta, Georgia *Barack H. Obama Magnet Elementary, Jackson, Mississippi *Barack Obama School, Pine Lawn, Missouri *Barack Obama Global Preparation Academy, Los Angeles, California *Barack Obama Leadership Academy, Detroit, Michigan *Barack Obama School of Leadership and STEM, Chicago Heights, Illinois *Barack Obama School, Maple Heights, Ohio *Barack Obama School of Career and Technical Education, Milwaukee, Wisconsin *Barack Obama Learning Academy, Hazel Crest, Illinois *Barack and Michelle Obama 9th Grade Campus, Lancaster, Texas * Barack Obama Green Charter High School, Plainfield, New Jersey * Barack Obama Charter School, Willowbrook, California *
Barack Obama Elementary School This is a list of things named after Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States. This list includes proposed name changes. Biota Barack Obama has been commemorated in the scientific names of at least 14 species, the most of any U.S. ...
, Hempstead, New York *
Barack Obama Elementary School This is a list of things named after Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States. This list includes proposed name changes. Biota Barack Obama has been commemorated in the scientific names of at least 14 species, the most of any U.S. ...
, Richmond, Virginia * President Barack Obama School - Public School 34, Jersey City, New Jersey *
Barack Obama Elementary School This is a list of things named after Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States. This list includes proposed name changes. Biota Barack Obama has been commemorated in the scientific names of at least 14 species, the most of any U.S. ...
, Upper Marlboro, Maryland * The Barack Obama Academy of International Studies, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania *
Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy at A. Maceo Smith (BOMLA) is a magnet secondary school for boys located in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas. It is a part of the Dallas Independent School District.Williams, Shawn P.DISD’s Barack Obama Mal ...
, Dallas, Texas. * Barack H. Obama Magnet University School, New Haven, Connecticut.''NewsTimes''

June 15, 2018. Accessed June 15, 2018.
* Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Science and Technology, DeKalb County School District, Atlanta, Georgia


Pierce

* Franklin Pierce University, a private university in Rindge, New Hampshire *
University of New Hampshire School of Law The University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law is a public law school in Concord, New Hampshire, associated with the University of New Hampshire. It is the only law school in the state and was founded in 1973 by Robert H. Rines as ...
(formerly Franklin Pierce Law Center)


Polk

* Polk Middle School, Albuquerque, New Mexico * Polk Elementary School, Fresno, California


Reagan

* Ronald Reagan High School (disambiguation) * Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle School, Haymarket, Virginia * Ronald Reagan Elementary, Omaha (Millard), Nebraska


Roosevelt

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University College Roosevelt University College Roosevelt (UCR), formerly known as Roosevelt Academy (RA), is a small, honors undergraduate liberal arts and science college located in Middelburg in the Netherlands and the sole university in Zeeland. It offers a residentia ...
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Middelburg, Zeeland Middelburg () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the south-western Netherlands serving as the Capital (political), capital of the Provinces of the Netherlands, pro ...
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Roosevelt Institution The Roosevelt Institute's Network, formerly the "Roosevelt Institute Campus Network" and the "Roosevelt Institution", bills itself as the first student-run policy organization in the United States.Falcone, Michael, "Hoping to Make Policy Waves, a ...
* Roosevelt University * Roosevelt Elementary, Medford, Oregon * Numerous Roosevelt High Schools in the United States are listed under this wikilink. The list includes high schools named for Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Eleanor Roosevelt.


Taft

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William Howard Taft University William Howard Taft University is a private for-profit online university headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 1976 as a graduate school providing continuing education for certified public accountants, the university provides distance edu ...
* William Howard Taft High School (disambiguation) * Taft Elementary School, Lincoln City, Oregon * Taft 7-12 School, Lincoln City, Oregon


Truman

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Harry S Truman School of Public Affairs The Harry S Truman School of Public Affairs is one of twenty-one schools and colleges at the University of Missouri. Established in 2001, it was previously known as the Department of Public Administration. The school mission is to "advance the kn ...
at the University of Missouri * Truman State University *
Harry S Truman College Harry S Truman College, (called Truman College and formerly called Mayfair College), is a part of City Colleges of Chicago. It offers multiple 2-year associate degrees, as well as occupational training in a number of fields. Located at 1145 W ...
* Truman High School (Independence, Missouri)


Tyler

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John Tyler Community College Brightpoint Community College, formerly John Tyler Community College, is a public community college in Chester, Virginia. History The college, which opened in 1967, was named after Virginia native John Tyler, the tenth president of the United S ...
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John Tyler High School Tyler High School, formerly known as John Tyler High School, is a public, co-educational secondary school in Tyler, Texas. It is part of the Tyler Independent School District and serves 9th through 12th grade. In 2020, the Tyler I. S. D. school ...


Van Buren

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Martin Van Buren High School Martin Van Buren High School (MVBHS) is a public high school in Queens Village, New York. The school is operated by the New York City Department of Education. Academics The high school is accredited by the New York State Board of Regents.


Washington

* Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri * George Washington University, Washington, D.C. * Washington and Lee University,
Lexington, Virginia Lexington is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. At the 2020 census, the population was 7,320. It is the county seat of Rockbridge County, although the two are separate jurisdictions. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines ...
* Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland * Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania * George Washington High School (disambiguation) *
Washington and Lee High School Washington and Lee High School, a fully accredited high school in Montross, Virginia, in the United States, is a member school of the Northern Neck District in Region A of the single A division of the Virginia High School League. Fed by Washing ...
, Montross, Virginia * Washington Junior High School, Bentonville, Arkansas * George Washington Elementary School,
Salem, Oregon Salem ( ) is the capital of the U.S. state of Oregon, and the county seat of Marion County, Oregon, Marion County. It is located in the center of the Willamette Valley alongside the Willamette River, which runs north through the city. The river ...
* Washington Elementary, in Medford, Oregon


Wilson

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Wilson College, Princeton University First College (known as Woodrow Wilson College from 1966 to 2020), the first of Princeton University's six residential colleges, was developed in the late 1950s when a group of students formed the Woodrow Wilson Lodge as an alternative to the e ...
* Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars * Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs * Woodrow Wilson High School (disambiguation) * Wilson Elementary, Medford, Oregon


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