Marymount College, Palos Verdes
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| Motto: | Tua Luce Dirige (Direct Us by Thy Light) |
| Established: | 1932 |
| Type: | Private school |
| President: | Dr. Michael S. Brophy |
| Faculty: | 45 |
| Undergraduates: | 725 |
| Postgraduates: | 0 |
| Location: | Rancho Palos Verdes, California, USA |
| Campus: | Suburban, 26 acres |
| Colors: | Blue and white |
| Website: | www.marymountpv.edu |
Marymount College is a private, coeducational, Catholic, two-year liberal arts college in California. Located in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, it is the only such liberal arts college in California.
Marymount is accredited by Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). The school offers degrees in both Associate in Arts and Associate in Science. It offers a 16:1 student/teacher ratio and a total enrollment of less than 800. Despite its Catholic tradition, the majority of students at Marymount are not Catholic.
[edit] History
In 1932, the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary established Marymount Junior College on Sunset Boulevard in Westwood, California; Mother Gertrude Cain served as the first President. Marymount was the first Catholic junior college in California and began as a liberal arts college for women. In 1947, the College received accreditation as a four-year college. In 1960, the College moved to a site on the Palos Verdes Peninsula and appointed its second President, Mother du Sacre Coeur Smith. The new campus included dormitories for on-campus residential living, an auditorium, dining facility, a library and a chapel. The third President, Sister Raymunde McKay, replaced Mother du Sacre Coeur in 1964, serving until 1973.
The year 1967 found the College preparing for a merger with Loyola University of Los Angeles in Westchester. Marymount separated its two-year program, which remained on the Palos Verdes campus, from the four-year, and in 1968 the four-year college moved to the Loyola campus. The Marymount two-year program remained incorporated as a separate institution and received accreditation as such in 1971. In 1973, the merger was completed and became a new entity, Loyola Marymount University, with the two-year College under the direction of the College's first lay President, Dr. Thomas D. Wood.
Marymount moved to its present site in 1975 at which time it added a preschool program. A Weekend College component was added in 1983. In 1992, Dr. Wood retired and was replaced by the fifth President, Dr. Thomas M. McFadden.
The College purchased its first off-campus student residence apartments in the neighboring community of San Pedro and built the Thomas D. Wood Student Center at the main campus. In 1998, the College leased 86 additional student residence apartments in nearby Harbor City from the Department of the Navy; the deed for the land was permanently awarded to the College in 2004. The College announced its first capital campaign to construct academic, recreation and residence facilities on the Rancho Palos Verdes campus in 2002 and concluded the campaign in 2006. In the same year, President McFadden retired and was replaced by Dr. Michael S. Brophy, sixth President of the College.
