Question: Was Lawrence Technological University or George Mason University founded first?
Context: The George Mason–VCU rivalry is a college sports rivalry between the VCU Rams of Virginia Commonwealth University and the George Mason Patriots of George Mason University.  Both universities are present members of the Atlantic 10 Conference, and for a majority of their rivalry history, members of the Colonial Athletic Association. The George Mason Patriots men's soccer team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, United States.  The team is a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I.  George Mason's first men's soccer team was fielded in 1968.  The team plays its home games at George Mason Stadium in Fairfax, Virginia.  The Patriots are coached by Greg Andrulis. Antonin Scalia Law School, previously George Mason University School of Law, is the law school of George Mason University, a state university in Virginia, United States.  The law school is located in Arlington, roughly fifteen miles east-northeast of the university's main campus in Fairfax. Kevin Avruch (born the 22 February 1950 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American anthropologist and sociologist, Dean of the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University.  He is the Henry Hart Rice Professor of Conflict Resolution and Professor of Anthropology.  He received his PhD in Anthropology from the University of California, San Diego in 1978, where he also received his MA in Anthropology in 1973.  He received his AB from the University of Chicago.  Dr. Avruch joined the faculty at George Mason University in 1980 after teaching at the University of Illinois and the University of California, San Diego.  He has also taught at the Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies at the University of Malta, the Kroc School of Peace Studies at the University of San Diego, the United Nations University for Peace in Costa Rica as well as for the Program in Conflict Resolution at Sabancı University in Istanbul.  In 2011 he was a Fulbright specialist at the Banaras Hindu University. George William Johnson Jr. (July 5, 1928 – May 30, 2017) was an American academic and academic administrator who served as the President of George Mason University from 1978 to 1996.  Johnson is credited with transforming George Mason University from largely a commuter college into a nationally recognized research university during his 18-year tenure as president.  Under Johnson, total student enrollment doubled from 10,000 in 1979 to more than 24,000 students in 1996.  Johnson also oversaw the addition of 34 new academic programs (including 11 doctoral programs), the creation of GMU's first doctoral programs, and the establishment of the George Mason University School of Law (now known as the Antonin Scalia Law School) in 1979. The Northern Virginia Astronomy Club was founded in 1980 by student amateur astronomers of Thomas Jefferson High School (Annandale, Virginia) and George Mason University in Northern Virginia near Washington, D.C. with a focus to make astronomy available to the public.  It was incorporated in 1991.  Monthly meetings are held at 7:00 p.m. at the George Mason University on the second Sunday of each month.  Monthly observing sessions (see star party), are held at dark sky locations with which the club has prior arrangements. George Mason University (Mason) School of Business is the business school of George Mason University, a state university in Virginia, United States.  The School of Business has campuses located in Fairfax, Arlington, and Herndon, VA. Lawrence Technological University (LTU), frequently referred to as Lawrence Tech, is a private university located in Southfield, Michigan, United States.  Lawrence Tech was founded in 1932 in Highland Park, Michigan, as the Lawrence Institute of Technology (LIT) by Russell E. Lawrence.  The university moved to Southfield in 1955 and has since expanded to 107 acre .  The campus also includes the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Affleck House in Bloomfield Hills and the Detroit Center for Design + Technology in Midtown Detroit. George Mason University (Mason) is the largest public research university in the U.S. state of Virginia.  The university was founded as a branch of the University of Virginia in 1949 and became an independent institution in 1972.  Four campuses are located in Virginia, with another in Songdo, South Korea inside the Incheon Free Economic Zone.  Three of the four campuses within Virginia are within the Northern Virginia section of the Piedmont, and one is in the Blue Ridge Mountains region.  On-campus housing options exist at all campus locations except Arlington.  The university recognizes 500 student groups as well as 41 fraternities and sororities.  Today, the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education R1 research institution is recognized for its programs in economics, law, creative writing, computer science, and business.  Mason faculty have twice won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics. The School of Integrative Studies (formerly New Century College) is housed within George Mason University's College of Humanities and Social Sciences and is located on the main campus of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.  The School of Integrative Studies was founded as New Century College in 1995 in response to the Commonwealth of Virginia's call for a "University of the 21st Century."
Answer: Lawrence Technological University