Marion College (Virginia)
Type | Junior College |
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Active | 1873–1967 |
Affiliation | Lutheran |
Location | , , 36°49′56″N 81°31′24″W / 36.8323382°N 81.5234481°W |
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
Categories:
- Defunct private universities and colleges in Virginia
- Lutheran universities and colleges in the United States
- Lutheranism in Virginia
- Educational institutions established in 1873
- Educational institutions disestablished in 1967
- 1967 disestablishments in the United States
- Two-year colleges in the United States
- 1873 establishments in Virginia
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