| History and Traditions Over the course of its first 150 years, Washington University in St. Louis has made remarkable progress, growing from a college educating local men and women to an internationally known research university with students and faculty from approximately 110 countries. On the school’s 25th anniversary, it boasted 1,486 students and 87 professors. In 2009, Washington University had 6,114 undergraduate students and 3,297 professors, with over 35 percent of undergraduate students being multicultural and international students. Founding Washington University In 1853, prominent St. Louis merchant Wayman Crow and his pastor, , concerned about the lack of institutions of higher learning in the growing midwest, led the founding of Washington University in St. Louis. During the
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