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Healy Hall bears the name of the Reverend Patrick F. Healy, S.J., who lived from 1834 to 1910 and served as the university's twenty-ninth president from 1873 to 1882. The first Black American to hold a doctorate and the first to serve as president of a major university in the United States, he became known as Georgetown's second founder. Through his pioneering achievement and personal sacrifice, Father Healy established the institution as a leader in American higher education. Georgetown University has been designated a National Historic Landmark, and this site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America.
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