NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's CreditWire) April 28, 2000--Standard&Poor's today placed its single-'A'-minus rating on District of Columbia's $29.65 million revenue bonds and $180.4 million revenue refunding bonds series 1999A, issued for Georgetown University, and Georgetown University's $100 million revenue bonds series 1999 and $34.65 million taxable revenue bond series 1999B, issued for itself, on CreditWatch with positive implications. The rating is placed on CreditWatch with positive implications pending the consummation of an announced partnership between Georgetown University and MedStar Health -- one of the largest and most comprehensive delivery systems in the mid-Atlantic region. Under the terms of the signed agreement, the clinical components at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) will be operated as part of MedStar
