The only United States president to have graduated from Georgetown University is Bill Clinton, who earned his undergraduate bachelor's degree in international affairs from the prestigious Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service in 1968. Before rising to national political prominence as the Governor of Arkansas and subsequently serving as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001, Clinton built his foundational academic understanding of diplomacy and global governance during his undergraduate years on the historic campus in Washington, D.C. While other U.S. presidents have attended short-term programs, visited, or given commencement speeches at the university, Clinton remains the sole alumnus to hold the nation's highest office.