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    • holland

    • holland

    • Sister Mary Ildephonse Holland.

    • Sister Mary Ildephonse Holland served twice as president for the institution. Her first term of office (1928-1933) coincided with the launch of Mount Mercy Junior College and its first graduates. Her second term, as the fourth president for the...
    • Mount Mercy Photographs
    • advboard

    • advboard

    • First lay, advisory board (1957).

    • The first lay advisory board of Mount Mercy College was instituted in 1957. Members consisted of: (first row, left to right): Marion Orr, Sr. Mary Ildephonse Holland, Mrs. Nicholas P. Craemer (board secretary), Frank Martin, and John Locher (board...
    • Mount Mercy Photographs
    • install

    • install

    • 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.
    • Mount Mercy Photographs
    • feld

    • feld

    • Dr. Thomas R. Feld.

    • 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,...
    • Mount Mercy Photographs
    • burke

    • burke

    • Sister Mary Cornelia Burke.

    • Sister Mary Cornelia Burke was elected, by the Sisters of Mercy, as the second president for Mount Mercy Junior College, serving from 1933-1939. She added the position of chaplain to the campus roster, renovated the first floor of Warde Hall to...
    • Mount Mercy Photographs
    • ildephonse1

    • ildephonse1

    • Sister Mary Ildephonse Holland.

    • Sister Mary Ildephonse Holland, who served Mount Mercy Junior College as president (1928-1933) and served the college as president from 1946-1961.
    • Mount Mercy Photographs
    • ildephonse2

    • ildephonse2

    • Sister Mary Ildephonse Holland.

    • Sister Mary Ildephonse Holland, who served Mount Mercy Junior College as president from 1928-1933. She also served as president for the college from 1946-1961, therby having two terms of office.
    • Mount Mercy Photographs
    • ildephonse3

    • ildephonse3

    • Sister Mary Ildephonse Holland.

    • Sister Mary Ildephonse Holland, Mount Mercy Junior College President (1928-1933), and Mount Mercy College President (1946-1961).
    • Mount Mercy Photographs
    • Feldinaug

    • Feldinaug

    • The inauguration of Dr. Thomas Feld as Mount Mercy College president.

    • In December 1977, newly-installed president Thomas R. Feld is congratulated by Board of Trustees chairman, Thomas J. Donovan, and Major Superior of the Cedar Rapids Sisters of Mercy, Sister Mary Cephas Wichman.
    • Mount Mercy Photographs
    • 1876gr

    • 1876gr

    • 1876 Sketch of the Greene Mansion and Mound Farm.

    • Judge George Greene, member of the Iowa Supreme Court and president of several, Cedar Rapids organizations, purchased 900 acres in Linn County, Iowa and named the property "Mound Farm." He died in 1880, and his wife leased part of the property,...
    • Mount Mercy Photographs
    • marron

    • marron

    • Sister Mary Maura Marron.

    • Sister Mary Maura Marron served as the third president of Mount Mercy Junior College, with her term of office from 1939-1946. Marron led efforts to establish the Sisters of Mercy's first, formal novitiate and served in numerous nursing...
    • Mount Mercy Photographs
    • maryhen

    • maryhen

    • Sister Mary Agnes Hennessey.

    • 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...
    • Mount Mercy Photographs
    • pearce

    • pearce

    • Dr. Robert Pearce.

    • Dr. Robert Peace, selected as Mount Mercy College's second, lay president, served the campus from 2000-2006. Pearce's initiatives included a salary equity plan, increasing student enrollment, and improving college finances. The campus added...
    • Mount Mercy Photographs
    • blake1

    • blake1

    • Dr. Christopher R.L. Blake

    • Dr. Christopher Blake joined Mount Mercy College as its eighth president in October 2006. During his tenure, the campus has experienced enrollment growth, established new vision and mission statements, begun four, new graduate programs, and will...
    • Mount Mercy Photographs

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