Gregory Trotter of the
Chicago Tribune reports on
reflections of Barat College alumni who recently gathered for a reunion.
Barat was located in Lake Forest, IL and was one of seven women's colleges operated by the
Society of the Sacred Heart in the 1960's.
| Institution | State | Date Founded | Notes |
|---|
| Newton College | MA | 1946 | merged with Boston College in 1975 |
| San Diego College | CA | 1950 | merged with University of San Diego in 1972 |
| College of the Sacred Heart | CA | 1898 | founded as Sacred Heart Academcy in Menlo Park, CA; became College of the Sacred Heart in 1921; moved to San Francisco, CA and changed name to San Francisco College for Women in 1930's; changed name to Lone Mountain College in 1969 and became co-educational; acquired by the University of San Francisco to become USF's Lone Mountain Campus in 1978; |
| Maryville University | MO | 1872 | founded as Convent of the Sacred Heart; later Maryville College of the Sacred Heart after 1927, name change to Maryville College in 1972; then Maryville University of Saint Louis in 1991 |
| Manhattanville College | NY | 1841 | founded as the Academy of the Sacred Heart; in 1917 charted as a college by state; |
| Barat College | IL | 1858 | founded in Chicago as Sacred Heart Academy; relocated to Lake Forest in 1904 and served as foundation for Barat College that opened in 1918; merged with DePaul University in 2001; decision by DePaul's trustees to close the institution June 2005 |
| Duchesne College | NE | 1881 | accredited by NCA as a junior college in 1937; accredited as a senior college in 1939; closed in 1968 |
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