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MISCELLANEA ON MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY
45 years ago today:
Marquette University dedicated McCormick Hall — a “residence hall for men” — and hosted an open house on March 3, 1968. Students moved into the first six floors in September 1967 then the remaining six floors in January 1968. According to the dedication brochure (pictured), Marquette originally planned to build a twin residence tower directly behind McCormick. In 1990, McCormick became a co-ed residence hall.
Source: Marquette University Archives
Then and Now at Marquette University:
In 1973, the Varsity Theatre featured Lady Sings the Blues with Diana Ross and Save the Tiger with Jack Lemmon. This weekend, the Varsity Theatre is playing The Dark Knight Rises.
1973 photo source: Marquette University Archives
Just five months and the classic tale of The Hobbit opens in theaters. Marquette University Archives at the Raynor Library preserves the original manuscripts and working drafts of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. (Photo edited from a Barnes & Noble sign.)
Then and Now at Marquette University:
Johnston Hall classrooms in 1973 and in 2012 after summer renovations.
1973 photo source: Marquette University Archives
Marquette University’s version of the Liberty Bell, it’s the “I am @FatherMarquette Bell,” part of the campus carillon. Ring out a happy Fourth of July, Marquette!
Source: 1967 photo from Marquette University Archives
Then and Now at Marquette University:
Richard Lippold’s Ex Stasis sculpture was first placed on campus at Marquette University’s Alumni Memorial Union (shown here in 1991). The outdoor sculpture reemerged in 2012 (after repair from wind damage) near the Haggerty Museum of Art.
“Then” photo source: Marquette University Archives
Did you know…?
Many of Marquette University’s Jesuits lived in Johnston Hall until the Jesuit Residence opened in 1973. Pictured is a Jesuit’s room on the fourth floor of Johnston Hall in July 1973.
Source: Marquette University Archives
Did you know…?
Marquette University kept a greenhouse near Johnston Hall. In this undated photo from University Archives, you can see the southeast side of Johnston Hall with a nearby greenhouse.
On June 13, 1981, Mother Teresa received the Père Marquette Discovery Award, the university’s highest honor. She answered questions at a press conference in Marquette University’s Johnston Hall Studio 7.
Source: Marquette University Archives
31 years ago today, Mother Teresa received the Père Marquette Discovery Award, the university’s highest honor. “I am most unworthy to receive this honor — this award,” she said. “But I receive it for the glory of God and in the name of our poor people — the unwanted, unloved, uncared for; all those brothers and sisters of ours who have been forgotten, who have forgotten what is human love, what is human touch — in their names, I accept.”
Source: Marquette University Archives
