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Lone Mountain College was a college acquired by the University of San Francisco (USF) in 1978.


History

It was built and founded by the Religious of the Sacred Heart as Sacred Heart Academy in Menlo Park, California, in 1898. The school became College of the Sacred Heart in 1921. In the 1930s, it moved to San Francisco, California, and became San Francisco College for Women.ome Movie: San Francisco College for Women> It was located near the
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, which was in the process of removal. The school then changed its name again to Lone Mountain College, in 1969, at which time the College began admitting men and became co-educational. In 1978, the college was acquired by the University of San Francisco, a private
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university to become USF's Lone Mountain Campus.


References

* http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/place/article/USF-s-Lone-Mountain-no-longer-a-place-apart-4978866.php Educational institutions established in 1898 1898 establishments in California 1978 disestablishments in California Defunct Christian universities and colleges Defunct private universities and colleges in California Former women's universities and colleges in the United States Defunct Catholic universities and colleges in the United States University of San Francisco Educational institutions disestablished in 1978 {{SanMateoCountyCA-struct-stub