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Barat College of the Sacred Heart was a small
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college located in
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, north of
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. The college was named after
Madeleine Sophie Barat Madeleine Sophie Barat, RSCJ, (12 December 1779 – 25 May 1865), was a French saint of the Catholic Church who founded the Society of the Sacred Heart, a worldwide religious institute of educators. Early life and family Barat was born on the ...
, founder of the
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. Barat College was purchased by
DePaul University DePaul University is a private university, private, Catholic higher education, Catholic research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by the Congregation of the Mission, Vincentians in 1898, the university takes its name from the 17th-centu ...
in 2001, but closed in 2005; the faculty and student body were absorbed by DePaul, and the campus and educational inventory were sold.


History

Barat College began as an academy for young women in
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in 1858 and moved to its Lake Forest location in 1904. In 1918, the state of Illinois chartered Barat as a four-year college. In 1964 85 women graduated from the university. In 1982, Barat became a
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al institution. To qualify for federal financial programs, governance of the college passed from the
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to an independent Board of Trustees in 1969. In February 2001, because of fiscal concerns, Barat College was purchased by
DePaul University DePaul University is a private university, private, Catholic higher education, Catholic research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by the Congregation of the Mission, Vincentians in 1898, the university takes its name from the 17th-centu ...
, becoming one of DePaul's seven colleges. The college was then renamed Barat College of DePaul University. In February 2004, the DePaul University Trustee Board voted to discontinue operating Barat College despite a 14–11 vote by the DePaul Faculty Council to continue the alliance. DePaul then began to accept proposals for the future of the college, culminating in the proposal for a relationship with the American College of Education. Through its wholly owned Illinois subsidiary, they acquired a substantial portion of the educational business of Barat College, including the library materials,
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through the
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of the North Central Association and permits and other authorizations from governmental authorities, education agencies, or other third parties. In 2006, the campus was sold to Lake Forest housing developer Robert G. Shaw (Barat Woods LLC), for development as
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residences. Shaw declined to say what he paid for the Barat property but said it was "less than $20 million." The courtyard and part of the Old Main building were to be preserved. However, the Thabor Wing, which was added to the building in 1924 and contained the
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style Sacred Heart Chapel, was to be demolished. Shaw's development plans met resistance from a number of factions who favored building preservation, including the advocacy group Landmarks Illinois, which placed the property's Sacred Heart Chapel on the list of Illinois' Top 10 Endangered Places. Although Lake Forest's Historic Preservation Commission voted to save the chapel, in April 2007 the Lake Forest City Council approved its demolition. Before demolition could proceed, the property fell into foreclosure and was purchased in 2010 by Harris Bank. In August 2011, the
Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart (''Woodlands'', ''WA'', or ''WASH'') is a private, Roman Catholic girls' high school in Lake Forest, Illinois, north of Chicago. Founded by the Society of the Sacred Heart, it is located in the Roman Catholi ...
, a Catholic high school adjacent to the 23-acre Barat campus, announced that the land was being gifted to the Academy by anonymous donors. On December 12, 2012, the birthday of St. Madeleine Sophie Barat, who founded the Society of the Sacred Heart in 1800, the property transfer was completed. In 2013, the Old Main building was demolished, although the cupola from the building was removed, restored and in 2015, placed in an area on campus designated the "Barat Cupola Garden" and walking path. Barat College housed the academic records of
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in
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. These records along with the academic records were transferred to the Society of the Sacred Heart. Individuals who attended Duchesne College (another Sacred Heart School) can ask for their transcripts through the
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Archives, US Province in St. Louis Missouri. The Barat Education Foundation, an independent
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corporation, continues and advances the Barat legacy. Its website provides information of interest to Barat College alumni and friends of the foundation. A brief history of the college from 1904 to 2004 is included in the issue of ''Barat Magazine''. Barat College, in its heyday, thrived during a time of expansion for women's colleges. In the 1960s Barat College was part of seven schools of higher education run by the
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. The Society of the Sacred Heart moved away from managing women's colleges in the 1970s to focus on K-12 education. In 2001 Barat College became part of
DePaul University DePaul University is a private university, private, Catholic higher education, Catholic research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by the Congregation of the Mission, Vincentians in 1898, the university takes its name from the 17th-centu ...
. Barat College's faculty were absorbed mostly by
DePaul University DePaul University is a private university, private, Catholic higher education, Catholic research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by the Congregation of the Mission, Vincentians in 1898, the university takes its name from the 17th-centu ...
and many of them still teach there today. The
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sisters who still lived on campus were displaced to communities across the country. Barat's cemetery is still preserved, at the back of the property behind the dormitories. In March 2008, the Barat campus was one of several locations used for filming of a
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entitled '' The Unborn''. In 2012,
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published a book on the history of Barat College entitled, ''Barat College: A Legacy, a Spirit, and a Name'', which was written by Martha Curry, RSCJ.


Notable alumni

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Jane Byrne Jane Margaret Byrne (née Burke; May 24, 1933November 14, 2014) was an American politician who was the first woman to be elected mayor of a major city in the United States. She served as the 50th Mayor of Chicago from April 16, 1979, until April ...
, mayor of
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from 1979 to 1983, graduated from Barat. *
Jeanne Hurley Simon Jeanne C. Hurley Simon (May 10, 1922 – February 20, 2000) was the first wife of Senator Paul Simon and the mother of former Illinois Lieutenant Governor Sheila Simon, was a state and national public official in her own right. Early life and c ...
, Illinois state legislator *
Mary Ann Kerwin Mary Ann Kerwin (born 1931) is an American lawyer and breastfeeding activist. One of the seven founders of La Leche League in 1956, she established the Colorado branch of the advocacy group and drafted state laws on behalf of women who breastfeed ...
(B.A. 1953), co-founder of the
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* Mary Maher, journalist, trade unionist, and feminist * Lloyd Newman, radio journalist *
Ann Stepan Ann Stepan (September 27, 1943 – April 17, 2015) was an American politician from Illinois. Stepan served the 7th district in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1991 to 1993. She married Paul Stepan, a real estate developer, in 1965, sho ...
, Illinois state legislator *
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, (B.A 1974), photographer


See also

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Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart (''Woodlands'', ''WA'', or ''WASH'') is a private, Roman Catholic girls' high school in Lake Forest, Illinois, north of Chicago. Founded by the Society of the Sacred Heart, it is located in the Roman Catholi ...


References


External links


Barat College
(Archive)
American College of Education

The Barat Education Foundation
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