Loyola Marymount University Archives Loyola University and Marymount College Affiliation and Merger Records UA.001.004
University Archives Loyola University and Marymount College Affiliation and Merger RecordsMarisa Ramirez
William H. Hannon Library, Archives & Special Collections, University Archives
2019
Loyola Marymount University
William H. Hannon Library, Archives and Special Collections
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Los Angeles, CA 90045
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
William H. Hannon Library, Archives & Special Collections, University Archives
Title: Loyola University and Marymount College Affiliation and Merger Records
Identifier/Call Number: UA.001.004
Physical Description:
2.502 Linear Feet
6 document boxes
Date (inclusive): 1965-1973
Abstract: This collection documents the activities and individuals involved with the affiliation and eventual merger of Marymount College
and Loyola University.
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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.
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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
All material in this collection has been transferred to University Archives from Loyola Marymount University.
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.
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
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Loyola University (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Marymount College (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Loyola Marymount University
Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange
box 1
box 1
box 2
1967 1967
Documents regarding the affilition including newsclippings, interview transcripts, Academic Coordinating Committee meeting
notes, and Articles of Incorporation.
Also included is correspondence between Presidents McKay and Casassa with Rothwell, Cosgrove, Terry, Carreiro, Russell, Lemieux,
Riley, Mahan, Emenaker, Damian, Marshall, Finnegan, Arndt, L'Heureux, Schneider, and Rolfs.
box 3-4
box 3
Davis-MacConnell-Ralston Report to the Governing Board 1968
box 4
1969 1969
Documents include Advisory Committee on the Design and Construction of Public Fallout Shelters report, "A Study on the Movement
of Private, Church-Related Colleges to New Environments", facsimile of Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation Faculty Center
Dedication program, and a report to university presidents from Rutgers University and Claremont Colleges administrators.
Also included is correspondence between Presidents McKay and Casassa with Finnegan, Rolfs, Clark, Kells, and Stewart.
box 4
box 4
box 5
1972 1972
Documents include "The Present Position of Some Marymount Administrators on the Question of Affliation", "A Restatement of
Possible Steps to One University", "Loyola and Marymount Staff Personnel Policies", and newspaper clippings.
Also included is correspondence between Presidents McKay and Merrifield with Harrangue, Sanchez, Pfaffinger, L'Heureux, Scully,
Mason, Clewis, Manning, Chasin, Kilp, and Scott.
box 6
1973 1973
Documents include organization chart, draft of merger agreement, press releases, agreements with R.S.H.M and C.S.J. provincials,
and "Loyola-Marymount, Los Angeles, Incorporated Dissolution".
Also included is correpondence from Presidents McKay and Merrifield with Scully, Harrangue, Vaughan, and Mason.