Installation of Sister Mary Agnes Hennessey as Mount Mercy College president, 1961.
Sister Mary Agnes Hennessey is installed as the third president of Mount Mercy College in 1961. At the podium is Sister Mary Lawrence Hallagan, Major Superior of the Sisters of Mercy.
Sister Mary Agnes Hennessey served Mount Mercy College as president from 1961-1977, the first person solely selected to fill the role. While in office, Hennessey led the campus through monumental change -- the opening of the McAuley library and...
Side view of McAuley Hall, the first campus dormitory.
In March, 1955, the Sisters of Mercy began work on a new, college dormitory; the cornerstone laying ceremony followed on October 3 of that year. In September 1956, McAuley Hall welcomed college students into its seven-story structure; the first...