George Wythe University (GWU) is a non-profit classical liberal arts school in Cedar City, Utah which offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in the liberal arts, education and political philosophy. GWU's curriculum is centered on the Great Books of the Western World published in 1952 by Britannica and uses discussion-based classes facilitated by mentors. The school focuses primarily on preparing students for leadership and is dedicated specifically to laying an educational foundation for building future statesmen. The school is named in honor of George Wythe, mentor to Thomas Jefferson. GWU is unaccredited but is an applicant for accreditation with the American Academy for Liberal Education. GWU was founded as George Wythe College (GWC) by Donald N. Sills and Oliver DeMille, who sought to establish a school for the purpose of training statesmen in the way Thomas Jefferson and other signers of the U.S. Constitution were trained by George Wythe, the first law professor in the American colonies. DeMille's inspiration for such an establishment resulted from his own desire for this kind of education after reading the account of Jefferson’s tutelage under Wythe in W.