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, along with College of Saint Mary-of-the-Wasatch in

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and

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. Dunbarton College of Holy Cross operated from 1935 to 1973. The college was founded by M. Rose Elizabeth, a member of the Sisters of the Holy Cross; she was also the college’s first president. In 1974, Howard University purchased the campus to house the

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, which still occupies the campus on Van Ness Street Northwest. Notable faculty include novelist

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and former

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Administrator

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who was chair of the biology department.

References

External links

Closed Institutional Records available from Sisters of the Holy Cross
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