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.
Dr. Thomas R. Feld served Mount Mercy College as its first lay president from 1977-1999, becoming the youngest college president in the United States when installed at age 32. During his tenure, the college developed its adult education program,...
Scene in Mount Mercy Junior College Chapel (1940s).
Each Sunday, Mount Mercy Junior College and Academy students put on white dresses and veils to attend Mass in the campus chapel, located in Warde Hall. The stained glass windows, imported from Munich, Germany, were installed in 1928. The chapel's...