Dunbarton College of the Holy Cross

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]

^ "Mother M. Rose Elizabeth Dies; Founder of Dunbarton College". December 2, 1964 – via NYTimes.com.
^ "History". Archived from the original on 2015-10-05. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
^ "Paula Schwartz, 78; Romance Novelist". Washington Post. 25 December 2003. ProQuest 409584453.
^ "Paula Schwartz, romance novelist". Washington Jewish Week. 1 January 2004. ProQuest 220901932.
^ "Nancy Foster Geraci, 59, coast conservation champion". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
^ Foster, Nancy (1972). "Biota of Freshwater Ecosystems Identification Manual 4: Freshwater Polychaetes (Annelida) of North America". nepis.epa.gov. Archived from the original on 2022-01-15. Retrieved 2022-01-15.

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