&lt;a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=J.+Edgar+Hoover&amp;family=editorial&amp;specificpeople=93559 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'&gt;J. Edgar Hoover&lt;/a&gt; received degrees in law in 1916 and 1917 from George Washington University in Washington DC.