1956
1963
Sister Miriam Theresa Gleason, sociology chair, named among 100 women of achievement in Oregon history for her work in passage of first enforceable wage and hour law for women in the United States and her continuing contributions to labor relations and education.
French philosopher Gabriel Marcel visits Marylhurst campus.
1966 Mary DeMartini and Women’s Committee sponsor the first annual Financial Seminar for Women.
Philosopher Mortimer Adler visits Marylhurst campus.
1959
1959 Roger Wagner directs centennial choir celebrating Holy Names Sisters’ 100 years in Pacific Northwest.
1961 Art Department opens Mayer Gallery exhibition program with works by Carl Morris.
1961 As senior project, art student Judith Sawyers, under direction of Sister Noreen Elizabeth O’Leary, designs and constructs scale models of mosaic panels to be installed on east façade of Commons.
Newly constructed Shoen Library is dedicated in memory of Marylhurst alum Anna Mary Carty Shoen ’47, who with her husband, Sam, founded U-Haul Company.
1966
1958
Marylhurst College is separately incorporated under control of board of trustees
1968 Milton Bell named first lay board member.
1967 Marylhurst is number one in nation for applications to Peace Corps for size of student body.
1968
1968
1969
Poet William Stafford reads his work in Flavia Salon.
1968 Dedication of St. Anne’s Chapel built through generous donation of Miss Julianne Roller.
Entrance to Marylhurst College from Highway 43 constructed. Students convert former library stacks in Administration Building to Marylhurst Coffee House, The Stacks.
1971 First graduate program, Master of Education, inaugurated at Marylhurst College.
1972 U.S. Representative Edith Green receives honorary doctorate from Marylhurst College.
1973
1962 Sister John Mary Lane, philosophy and theology chair, receives the Watzak Award for her work in ecumenical dialogue.
Sister Anne Cecile Daigle named Northwest Woman Composer of the Year.
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