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SIMPLICITY, PERMANENCE, AND ECONOMY: The Origins of George Mason University's Fairfax Campus

Groundbreaking for George Mason College, Fairfax Campus, located at 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, Virginia, August 1, 1963. Pictured (left to right): John Wood, Clarence Steele, Charles Fenwick, J.N.G. Finley, C. Harrison Mann. Story in Gunston Ledger, 10/15/63, Vol I, no.1.

Special Collections & Archives, Fenwick Library, George Mason University.

University Libraries' Special Collections and Archives Exhibit celebrating the 40th anniversary of the opening of George Mason University in Fairfax, VA

September 27 through October 17, 2004

Visit the online exhibit

In Fall 2004, the University Libraries' Special Collections & Archives commemorated the 40th anniversary of George Mason's Fairfax Campus.

Were you working, teaching or studying here during the 1960s? Do you have photos or documents of the time? Please share your memory with us.

Contact Paulina Vaca, pvaca@gmu.edu at 703-993-2220, SC&A.

George Mason College, Fairfax, Virginia, 1964

George Mason College, Fairfax, Virginia, 1964.
(SC&A, GMU Facilities Planning, Aerial Photographs)