Dunbarton College of the Holy Cross
Dunbarton College of Holy Cross was a private Catholic college for women Washington, D.C.. was one of three now-defunct women's colleges sponsored by the Sisters of the Holy Cross, along with College of Saint Mary-of-the-Wasatch in Salt Lake City and Cardinal Cushing College in Brookline, Massachusetts. Dunbarton College of Holy Cross operated from 1935 to 1973.
History
[edit]Dunbarton College of Holy Cross was founded in Washington D.C. in 1935 by Mother M. Rose Elizabeth, a member of the Sisters of the Holy Cross.[1] M. Rose Elizabeth was the college's first president.[1] It was one of three now-defunct women's colleges sponsored by the Sisters of the Holy Cross, along with College of Saint Mary-of-the-Wasatch in Salt Lake City and Cardinal Cushing College in Brookline, Massachusetts.
The college had a chapter of Pi Gamma Mu, an honor society for the social sciences.[2]
In 1974, Howard University purchased the campus to house the Howard University School of Law, which still occupies the campus on Van Ness Street Northwest.[3]
Notable people
[edit]Alumnae
[edit]- Cynthia Ahearn (1952-2008), echinodermologist and museum specialist
- Virginia Long (b.1942), retired New Jersey Supreme Court Associate Justice
Faculty
[edit]- Nancy Foster, chair of the biology department and former NOAA Administrator [4][5]
- Elizabeth Mansfield, novelist[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Mother M. Rose Elizabeth Dies; Founder of Dunbarton College". December 2, 1964 – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Robson, John, ed. (1963). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (17th ed.). Menasha, Wisconsin: The Collegiate Press, George Banta Company, Inc. pp. 591-593.
- ^ "History". Archived from the original on 2015-10-05. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
- ^ "Nancy Foster Geraci, 59, coast conservation champion". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
- ^ Foster, Nancy (1972). "Biota of Freshwater Ecosystems Identification Manual 4: Freshwater Polychaetes (Annelida) of North America". nepis.epa.gov. Archived from the original on 2022-01-15. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
- ^ "Paula Schwartz, 78; Romance Novelist". Washington Post. 25 December 2003. ProQuest 409584453.
- ^ "Paula Schwartz, romance novelist". Washington Jewish Week. 1 January 2004. ProQuest 220901932.
External links
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