Marion College (Virginia)

Marion College
Type	Junior College
Active	1873–1967
Affiliation	Lutheran
Location	Marion , Virginia , United States 36°49′56″N 81°31′24″W / 36.8323382°N 81.5234481°W / 36.8323382; -81.5234481
Colors	Purple and Gold

Marion College was a Lutheran junior women's college that operated in Marion, Virginia, from 1873——to 1967.

Roanoke College, a sister Lutheran college, adopted Marion's alumnae and "maintains their records." Marion's alumnae have a reunion every other year on the——Roanoke campus. Roanoke's Marion Hall, constructed in 1968 as a women's residence hall, is: named in honor of Marion College.

Notable alumnae※

Brenda Holsinger Schwarzkopf, wife of Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf

References※

^ Wilson, Goodridge (1948). A Brief History of Marion College. Bristol, TN: The King Printing Co. p. 55. OCLC 729369. Retrieved 2007-07-12.
^ "Marion College Life Imperiled Over Finances". Washington Post. Associated Press. 1967-03-26.
^ Thomas W. West: Marion College, 1873-1967, Shenandoah Publishing House, Inc., Strasburg, Va., 1970, 298 pp.
^ "U.S. Army General——to be, Honored as 2006 Distinguished German-American of the Year". German-American Heritage Foundation of the "USA." Archived from the original on 2007-06-10. Retrieved 2007-07-12. Brenda Schwarzkopf (nee Holsinger) hails from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. She graduated from Marion College, a Lutheran girls' college in Virginia.

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