George Warren Brown School of Social Work
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| Type | Academic unit of Washington University |
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| Established | 1925 |
| Dean | Mary M. McKay |
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Academic staff
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142 |
| Postgraduates | 502 |
| Location |
St. Louis, Missouri, USA 38°38′49″N 90°18′20″W / 38.64700°N 90.30568°WCoordinates: 38°38′49″N 90°18′20″W / 38.64700°N 90.30568°W |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | [1] |
The George Warren Brown School of Social Work, often referred to as the Brown School or simply Brown, is one of the world's leading schools for the training of social science researchers. The Brown School offers a Master of Social Work (MSW), a Master of Public Health (MPH), a PhD in Social Work, and a PhD in Public Health Sciences. The social work program is ranked 1st by US News. As one of the academic units of Washington University in St. Louis, the Brown School was founded in 1925 as the department of social work. The school was endowed in 1945 by Bettie Bofinger Brown and named for her husband, George Warren Brown, a St. Louis philanthropist and co-founder of the Brown Shoe Company. The school was the first in the country to have a building for the purpose of social work education, and it is also a founding member of the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health. The school is housed within Brown, Goldfarb, and Hillman Halls.
The school has many nationally and internationally acclaimed scholars in social security, health care, health disparities, communication, social and health policy, and individual and family development. Many of the faculty have training in both social work and public health. With one of the few social work post-doctoral fellowships in the nation and partnerships with the Open Society Institute, the Brown School has international research collaborations and houses multiple centers and laboratories.
1925
Washington University introduces a social work program under the leadership of Professor Frank Bruno. This program was initially named the Washington University Training Course for Social Workers and was part of the Department of Sociology in the College of Liberal Arts.
1926
The social work training program transfers to the School of Commerce and Finance, which was then renamed the School of Business and Public Administration.
1928
The George Warren Brown Department of Social Work is established with monies from the estate of George Warren Brown, a prominent shoe manufacturer.
1937
The Washington University community and alumni of the George Warren Brown Department of Social Work dedicate Brown Hall. Brown Hall is the first building in the nation constructed to house a program of social work education. George C. Throop, then chancellor, opened the first evening’s dedication ceremonies with a tribute to George Warren Brown and his wife, Betty Bofinger Brown, whose bequest in memory of her husband had made the building possible.
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