President George Washington: (1732 – 1799) Education: 1940s Attends an unnamed school up to the elementary level. (Not a formal education.) 1748 Trained with George William Fairfax in surveying Lord Fairfax’s frontier land in the Shenandoah Valley. Occupations: 1749 - 1752 County surveyor for Culpeper Country. 1752 - 1755 Major in Virginia Milita 1755 Aide-de-camp of General Braddock on the trip to Monongahela. 1755 - 1757 Promoted to colonel and commander-in-chief of all Virginia troops by Dinwiddie. 1758 Brigadier under General Forbes