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Marymount College, Tarrytown (also known as Marymount College of Fordham University) was a women's college in the United States which eventually became part of Fordham University. The Marymount campus was located in Tarrytown, New York. [1] The last class graduated in 2007, [2] and the campus was sold in 2008.
6 giu 2023 · The college charter became permanent in 1924, the first year that Marymount granted baccalaureate degrees. The highest enrollment in Marymount's history, approximately 1,100 students, was reached in the early 1970s.
- Vivian Shen
- 2014
- Founding The School
- The College
- Expansion
- WWII and The Snow Queen Festival
- Spellman Auditorium, Marian Hall, and The Alumnae Sports Building
- Senators Robert Kennedy and Eugene Mccarthy Speak on Campus
- Peak Enrollment
- 75th Anniversary
- Declining Enrollment
- Restoration of The Butler Dome
On December 8, 1907, Mother Butler and a few other nuns came to Tarrytown with the intention of establishing a boarding and day school for girls. Mother Butler's cousin, a successful entrepreneur named James Butler, had helped her locate the site for the school, the Reynard Estate, and provided the funds for the purchase of the property. Mother But...
Mother Butler and Mother Gerard Phelan were eager to establish a four-year college awarding baccalaureate degrees. The two educators looked for more property adjacent to the school and by 1918, they were able to purchase the Hermann Estate just "up the hill" from Marymount. There were three buildings on the property at that time: the original Butle...
Marymount continued to expand during the 1930s, despite the worldwide economic depression. The Science Building was completed in 1934, (the present) Butler Hall in 1936 and Gerard Hall two years later. The 1930s also saw the founding of the Cormont, the student newspaper, and the inauguration of the Gerard Scholar award, the College's highest acade...
The decade of the 1940s began on a sad note for Marymount with the death of Mother Butler in April, 1940. When the U.S. entered into WWII, less than two years later, the students joined many others in "doing their part" for the war effort. They formed first aid units for the Red Cross, sold war bonds and worked on victory gardens, among other activ...
Mother du Sacre Coeur Smith, a former classics professor and dean of the college, became president of Marymount in 1953. She was especially committed to promoting the mission work that was so important to Mother Butler and during these years the students worked diligently to make the Snow Queen Bazaar, which benefited the missions, a great success....
In 1960, Mother Brendan McQuillan (now known as Sister Maire) became president of the College. The 1960s were a time of almost revolutionary change, with upheaval in higher education, in society at large and in the Catholic Church. Increased student activism—fueled by the unpopularity of the Vietnam War, the civil rights movement and the women's mo...
The highest enrollment in Marymount's history, approximately 1,100 students, was reached in the early 1970s. During this time, in response to a changing educational climate and introduction of the federal Title IX legislation, there was serious consideration of the possibility of Marymount becoming co-educational. However, after consultation and de...
Dr. Christin resigned as president in 1979 and Sister Brigid Driscoll was formally installed as president in October of that year—restoring the tradition of Marymount being led by a member of the R.S.H.M. congregation. In 1982, the college celebrated its 75th anniversary marked by several special events, including a Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral ...
Through the 1990s, under Sister Brigid's direction, Marymount continued its mission of educating women for leadership positions in society, although changing times and attitudes regarding single-sex education were demonstrated by lower enrollment numbers.
In 1997, Marymount celebrated the 90th anniversary of its founding with a Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral. The musical setting for the Mass was composed by alumna Donna Cribari who also directed the choir. Sister Brigid resigned as president in 1999 and was succeeded by Anne Slattery, '69, a former banker. She spearheaded the restoration and re-ded...
The Marymount Colleges are a group of colleges founded by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (RSHM), an institute with French origins which was founded on February 24, 1849. When the institution expanded to the United States, its members founded a series of parochial schools, called the RSHM Network of Schools, with the name "Marymount".
6 giu 2023 · Rosaland Russell. ROSALIND RUSSELL (1912-1976) Attended Marymount College 1925-1927. Actress; noted for her portrayals of witty, sophisticated career women and sprightly matrons; appeared in scores of motion pictures, including The Women (1939), His Girl Friday (1940), My Sister Eileen (1942), Picnic (1956), Majority of One (1962 ...
- Vivian Shen
- 2014
Marymount Manhattan College was founded in 1936 by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary as a two-year women's college and a New York City extension of Marymount College, Tarrytown in Tarrytown, New York.
10 giu 2021 · Marymount Alumnae Celebrate ‘True Sense of Community’ at Annual Reunion. Marymount College alumnae gathered to recognize three women being honored by the Marymount College Alumnae Association Board during a virtual reception, held as part of Fordham’s virtual Jubilee weekend.