Loyola University and Marymount College Affiliation and Merger Records, 1965-1973

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Summary

Abstract:
This collection documents the activities and individuals involved with the affiliation and eventual merger of Marymount College and Loyola University.
Extent:
2.502 Linear Feet 6 document boxes
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

This collection documents the affiliation and eventual merger of Marymount College and Loyola University. Items in this collection include correspondence from Loyola University presidents Rev. Charles S. Cassasa, S.J. and Rev. Donald P. Merrifield, S.J. as well as Marymount College president Sister M. Raymunde McKay, R.S.H.M. with associates of the university. News clippings, promotional brochures, reports, contracts, and legal documents are also included in the collection.

Individuals represented in correspondence include:

John C. Arndt, S.J., Athletic Director, Loyola University

Ken Carreiro, Director of Public Relations

Rev. John W. Clark, S.J., Academic Vice President, Loyola University

Doris S. Chasin, Academic Dean

John E. Clewis, Director of Personnel Relations, Loyola University

John C. Cosgrove

Rodney Coulson, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Marymount College

Sister Peter Damian, R.S.H.M.

Jerome K. Doolan of Bechtel Corporation; Chairman of Board of Regents

Catherine F. Emenaker, University Registrar

Rev. Darrell F. X. Finnegan, S.J.

Sister Renee Harrangue, R.S.H.M, Vice President, Marymount College

H. R. Kells, Associate Provost, Rutgers University

Father Kilp, Director of Alumni Relations

Albert A. Lemieux, S.J., President of Seattle University

M. E. L'Heureux, Director of Admissions

Gale Livingston

Terrance L. Mahan S.J., Dean of Arts & Sciences

Most Reverend Timothy Manning, D.D., Archbishop of Los Angeles

Theodore J. Marshall, S.J., Director of Libraries, Loyola University

Richard N. Mason, Vice President for University Relations, Loyola University

Robert W. McEwen, President of Hamilton College

John A. Pfaffinger, Vice President for Business Affairs

Jack Przygoda; President of Loyola University chapter of American Association of University Professors

John K. Riley; Vice President of Development

Richard W. Rolfs, Dean of Students

C. Easton Rothwell, President of Mills College

Bruce Russell

Ernest E. Sanchez, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Loyola University

Father C. J. Schneider, S.J.

Denise L. Scott, Chairman, Department of English

Thomas J. Scully, Vice President for Student Affairs, Loyola University and Marymount College

Clifford T. Stewart, Director, Office of Institutional Research, The Claremont Colleges

Thomas D. Terry, S.J., Academic Vice President

Anthony F. Turhollow, Academic Assembly of Loyola University

Rev. Richard P. Vaughan, S.J., Jesuit Provincial Office

John Von Bargen, Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds

Carlo A. Weber, S.J., Dept of Philosophy

Robert C. Wiggers, President of Litton Industries

Biographical / historical:

Loyola Marymount University (LMU), located in Los Angeles, California, was founded as Loyola College of Los Angeles in 1911 by members of the Society of Jesus after the closure of St. Vincent’s College, a school for boys created by Vincentian Fathers in 1865. Loyola College grew quickly and a new campus was selected in 1917. In 1920, Loyola College began offering graduate level education by founding a separate law school. Official establishment of a graduate division would not occur until June 1950 even though the law school continued to thrive and after a Teacher Education Program at Loyola College had been created in 1948. Continued growth of the college prompted a second move for Loyola College in 1929 to the current campus in Westchester. Incorporated as Loyola College in 1918, the school achieved official university status in 1930. While Loyola University was experiencing a high growth rate in the early 20th century, so was the education program offered by the Religious of Sacred Heart of Mary for young women that had begun in 1923. In 1933, Marymount Junior College was opened in Westwood, Los Angeles. The college continued to grow; in 1948 the Junior College became a four-year university and granted its first baccalaureate degrees in 1948. In 1960, Marymount College moved to a campus on the Palos Verdes Peninsula to accommodate its growing student body. In 1968, Marymount College moved one last time to share the Loyola University campus. Although the two schools shared a physical space, Marymount College and Loyola University were still two separate schools and remain so for five years. Loyola Marymount University was officially named in 1973 after Loyola University and Marymount College merged.

Acquisition information:
All material in this collection has been transferred to University Archives from Loyola Marymount University.
Arrangement:

This collection is broken down by year, ranging from 1965 when discussions regarding the affiliation between Loyola University and Marymount College began, to the merger of the two schools in 1973. Contents of each year are briefly described in the Scope and Contents note, including document type and individuals involved.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open to research under the terms of use of the Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University. Please note: Records of the Board of Trustees and Board of Regents are restricted from researcher use.

Terms of access:

Materials in the Department of Archives and Special Collections may be subject to copyright. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, Loyola Marymount University does not claim ownership of the copyright of any materials in its collections. The user or publisher must secure permission to publish from the copyright owner. Loyola Marymount University does not assume any responsibility for infringement of copyright or of publication rights held by the original author or artists or his/her heirs, assigns, or executors.

Location of this collection:
1 LMU Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659, US
Contact:
(310) 338-5710
Special.Collections@lmu.edu
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