Marion College (Virginia) Explained

Marion College
Established:	1873
Closed:	1967
Type:	Junior College
Affiliation:	Lutheran
City:	Marion
State:	Virginia
Country:	United States
Coordinates:	36.8323°N -81.5234°W
Colors:	Purple and Gold^[1]

Marion College was a Lutheran junior women's college that operated in Marion, Virginia, from 1873 to 1967.^{[2] [3]}

Roanoke College, a sister Lutheran college, adopted Marion's alumnae and maintains their records. Marion's alumnae have a reunion every other year on the Roanoke campus. Roanoke's Marion Hall, constructed in 1968 as a women's residence hall, is named in honor of Marion College.

Notable alumnae

• Brenda Holsinger Schwarzkopf, wife of Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf^[4]

Notes and References

1. Book: Wilson, Goodridge . A Brief History of Marion College . 1948 . 2007-07-12 . The King Printing Co. . Bristol, TN . 729369 . 55 .
2. News: Associated Press . Marion College Life Imperiled Over Finances . Washington Post . 1967-03-26.
3. Thomas W. West: Marion College, 1873-1967, Shenandoah Publishing House, Inc., Strasburg, Va., 1970, 298 pp.
4. Web site: U.S. Army General to be Honored as 2006 Distinguished German-American of the Year . 2007-07-12 . German-American Heritage Foundation of the USA . Brenda Schwarzkopf (nee Holsinger) hails from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. She graduated from Marion College, a Lutheran girls' college in Virginia. . https://web.archive.org/web/20070610221623/http://www.ugac.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=132 . 2007-06-10 . dead .