- Marion College, Virginia
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Marion College Active 1873–1967 Type junior college Religious affiliation Lutheran Location Marion, Virginia,
United StatesColors 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]
References
- ^ Wilson, Goodridge. A Brief History of Marion College. Bristol, TN: The King Printing Co.. p. 55. OCLC 729369. http://www.newrivernotes.com/va/marion.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-12.
- ^ Associated Press (1967-03-26). "Marion College Life Imperiled Over Finances". Washington Post.
- ^ Thomas W. West: Marion College, 1873-1967, Shenandoah Publishing House, Inc., Strasburg, Va., 1970, 298 pp.
- ^ "U.S. Army General to be Honored as 2006 Distinguished German-American of the Year". German-American Heritage Foundation of the USA. Archived from the original on 2007-06-10. http://web.archive.org/web/20070610221623/http://www.ugac.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=132. Retrieved 2007-07-12. "Brenda Schwarzkopf (nee Holsinger) hails from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. She graduated from Marion College, a Lutheran girl's college in Virginia."
Categories:- Southern United States university stubs
- Defunct universities and colleges in Virginia
- Lutheran universities and colleges
- Universities and colleges in Virginia
- Educational institutions established in 1873
- 1967 disestablishments
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