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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Know several Hoya friends and family who haven’t contributed in a long time. Not happy with drift from its Catholic heritage. [/quote]

You must hang out with some very old people, and/or a group of trad Catholics.

I went to Georgetown in the 1980s, when it was already about 50% non-Catholic students. There were certainly some students who were very involved in Campus Ministry and attending Ignatian retreats, as well as a lot of cradle Catholics, but I don't remember any culture warriors.

The theology requirements have not changed since then, nor has the rough share of the study body who are Catholic. Georgetown has been, for a very very long time, a community that welcomes and appreciates people from various religious backgrounds. Anyone who claims a 'drift' attended over 50 years ago.[/quote]

And the ones who attended 50 years ago are the ones with the most wealth.[/quote]

Perhaps -- but the 80s and 90s grads who went to Wall Street and private equity (and there were, and are, MANY Georgetown grads who go into investment banking) are also wealthy. Given Georgetown's boost in prestige in the 1970s and 1980s, and the trend for Georgetown grads (including from SFS) to move to the private sector rather than gov't, younger alumni may be wealthier.[/quote]

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