Dunbarton College of the Holy Cross explained
Dunbarton College of Holy Cross, 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.
The college was founded by M. Rose Elizabeth, a member of the Sisters of the Holy Cross; she was also the college's first president.[1]
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.[2]
Notable people
Cynthia Ahearn (1952-2008), echinodermologist and museum specialist, was an alumna.
Virginia Long (b.1942), retired New Jersey Supreme Court Associate Justice, is an alumna.
Notable faculty include novelist Elizabeth Mansfield[3] [4] and former NOAA Administrator Nancy Foster who was chair of the biology department.[5] [6]
External links
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Notes and References
- Web site: Mother M. Rose Elizabeth Dies; Founder of Dunbarton College. December 2, 1964. NYTimes.com.
- Web site: History . 2013-05-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151005205510/http://www.law.howard.edu/19 . 2015-10-05 . dead .
- News: Paula Schwartz, 78; Romance Novelist. Washington Post. 25 December 2003. .
- News: Paula Schwartz, romance novelist. Washington Jewish Week. 1 January 2004. .
- Web site: Nancy Foster Geraci, 59, coast conservation champion. 2022-01-15. Baltimore Sun. en.
- Web site: Foster. Nancy. 1972. Biota of Freshwater Ecosystems Identification Manual 4: Freshwater Polychaetes (Annelida) of North America. live. 2022-01-15. nepis.epa.gov. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20220115033422/https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyNET.exe/9100ULY3.txt?ZyActionD=ZyDocument&Client=EPA&Index=Prior%20to%201976&Docs=&Query=&Time=&EndTime=&SearchMethod=1&TocRestrict=n&Toc=&TocEntry=&QField=&QFieldYear=&QFieldMonth=&QFieldDay=&UseQField=&IntQFieldOp=0&ExtQFieldOp=0&XmlQuery=&File=D:%5CZYFILES%5CINDEX%20DATA%5C70THRU75%5CTXT%5C00000015%5C9100ULY3.txt&User=ANONYMOUS&Password=anonymous&SortMethod=h%7C-&MaximumDocuments=1&FuzzyDegree=0&ImageQuality=r75g8/r75g8/x150y150g16/i425&Display=hpfr&DefSeekPage=x&SearchBack=ZyActionL&Back=ZyActionS&BackDesc=Results%20page&MaximumPages=1&ZyEntry=2 . 2022-01-15 .