Question: Which univeristy was founded first, George Washington University or University of Iowa?
Context: National University School of Law was an American law school founded in Washington, D.C. in 1869.  Originally intended as part of a larger design for a national university in the United States, the school was the principal component of National University during its existence.  It merged into George Washington University School of Law in 1954 to create "National Law Center at The George Washington University". Washington University in St. Louis (also referred to as WashU, or WUSTL) is a private research university located in the St. Louis metropolitan area and in Missouri, United States.  Founded in 1853, and named after George Washington, the university has students and faculty from all 50 U.S. states and more than 120 countries.  Twenty-five Nobel laureates have been affiliated with Washington University, nine having done the major part of their pioneering research at the university.  Washington University's undergraduate program is ranked 18th by "U.S. News & World Report" in 2018 and 11th by the Wall Street Journal in their 2018 rankings.  The university is ranked 20th in the world in 2017 by the Academic Ranking of World Universities. The George Washington University (GW, GWU, or George Washington) is a private research university in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States.  Founded in 1821 as Columbian College, the university has since grown to comprise fourteen undergraduate and graduate colleges and schools, including the School of Media and Public Affairs, Elliott School of International Affairs, Law School, and School of Public Health.  George Washington's main campus is located in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood with two satellite campuses located in the Foxhall neighborhood of Washington, D.C. and in Ashburn, Virginia.  It is the second oldest and the largest institution of higher education in the District of Columbia. Marcus Ward Lyon Jr. (February 5, 1875 – May 19, 1942) was an American mammalogist, bacteriologist, and pathologist.  He was born into a military family, and demonstrated an early interest in zoology by collecting local wildlife around his father's army posts.  He graduated from Brown University in 1897, and continued his studies at George Washington University while working part-time at the United States National Museum (USNM).  At the same time, he taught at Howard University Medical School and later George Washington University Medical School.  He received his Ph.D. from George Washington University in 1913.  In 1919, he and his wife, Martha, moved to South Bend, Indiana to join a newly opened clinic.  Prior to moving, Lyon had published many papers on mammalogy, both during and after his tenure at the USNM.  In these papers, he had formally described six species, three genera, and one family.  Once in South Bend, he began to publish medical studies, too, but continued his work in mammalogy, with a particular focus on the local fauna of Indiana.  He published more than 160 papers during his career. The George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates is a non-profit 501(c)3 physician group practice affiliated with the George Washington University.  The MFA group practice is made up of academic clinical faculty of the GW Medical School.  As of 2015, the group had more than 750 physicians providing medical services to the Washington DC, Northern Virginia, and Maryland areas.  The GW Medical Faculty Associates offers over 51 specialty areas of care.  The organization is a partner with the George Washington University Hospital and the School of Medicine and Health Sciences. The Columbian College of Arts and Sciences (CCAS) is the George Washington University's liberal arts and sciences college.  The Columbian College bears the original name of the George Washington University when it was chartered by the United States Congress in 1821.  It is the largest school at George Washington, with around 5,000 undergraduate students and 2,500 graduate students, and 42 academic departments, representing the majority of the University's instructional, scholarly and research activity. James Goldgeier is a professor of international relations at the School of International Service at American University in Washington, DC., where he served as Dean from 2011-2017.  He became dean in August 2011.  Previously he was employed at George Washington University in Washington, DC, as professor of political science and international affairs (2004-2011), associate professor of political science and international affairs (1998-2004), and assistant professor of political science and international affairs (1994-1998).  While at George Washington University, he also served as Director of the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (2001-2005), for which he had previously served as acting director (1999-2000).  Before joining George Washington University, he taught at Cornell University (1991-1993).  He is often considered a doppelganger of Tom Hanks due to his similar voice and appearance. Christopher Alan Bracey (born December 1970) is an American law professor and former litigator.  In 2017, he serves as a law professor at the George Washington University Law School and Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs at the George Washington University.  He is a leading scholar on race, inequality, and the law.  He is the author of "Saviors or Sellouts: The Promise and Peril of Black Conservatism from Booker T. Washington to Condoleezza Rice" (2008) and co-editor of "The Dred Scott Case: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Race and Law" (2010).  Since 2011, he has served as the Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the George Washington University Law School. Haywood Jefferson Powell (born April 25, 1954) is a law professor at Duke University.  Before his return to Duke, he served in the Office of Legal Council at the United States Justice Department in Washington, D.C. Before this second tenure in the Justice Department, Powell was the Lyle T. Alverson Professor of Law at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., a post which he accepted in 2010.  Before joining The George Washington University Law Faculty, Powell had been a professor of Law at Duke University since 1987.  In 1999 the Duke Bar Association presented Powell with the "Excellence in Small Section Teaching" Award, and in the academic year 2001–2002, he was Duke University's "Scholar/Teacher of the year".  More recently, he has been named Frederic Cleaveland Professor of Law and Divinity.  Powell is currently the Samuel Rubin Visiting Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, where he teaches constitutional law. The University of Iowa (also known as the UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a flagship public research university in Iowa City, Iowa.  Founded in 1847, it is the oldest university in the state.  Iowa is the second largest university in the state of Iowa, behind Iowa State University.  University of Iowa is organized into eleven colleges offering more than 200 areas of study and seven professional degrees.
Answer: George Washington University