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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
Throwback Thursday:
Marquette University bought the La Salle Hotel on Feb. 28, 1964, which became Cobeen Hall.
Source: Marquette University Archives
Throwback Thursday:
Marquette University’s McCormick Hall from 1977 wishes you a Merry Christmas.
Source: Marquette University Archives
29 Plays
Marquette University Undergraduate Admissions (1 minute)
This is about your future
“This is about your future,” a one-minute Marquette University admissions radio commercial from the mid-1990s. Interested in Marquette? Apply by Dec. 1, 2012.
Throwback Thursday:
Admissions billboards from 1986 featured the tag line, “Success. It’s a Matter of Degree. Marquette University.” (See another billboard from the early 1990s.) Are you a Marquette hopeful? Apply by Dec. 1, 2012.
Photo source: Marquette University Instructional Media Center
“The Big School of Milwaukee invites you to write for Bulletin….” This newspaper ad from a 1911 edition of The Milwaukee Journal asks parents to send their sons to Marquette University. Today, 53 percent of the Class of 2016 is female.
Are you a Marquette hopeful? Apply by Dec. 1, 2012.
A Halloween pirate takes over Marquette University’s Schroeder Hall in 1996.
Source: Marquette University Archives
A young Robin visits Marquette University’s Cobeen Hall in 1995 for Halloween trick-or-treating.
Source: Marquette University Archives
Throwback Marquette University monogram.
Did you know…?
On Sept. 17, 1909, U.S. President William Howard Taft visited Marquette University’s Johnston Hall. Sworn in as president six months prior, Taft spent time with the faculty in Johnston’s parlor and spoke for 10 minutes.
Sources: Milwaukee’s Jesuit University: Marquette 1881–1981 by Thomas J. Jablonsky, Johnston Hall postcard (circa 1910) from Marquette University Archives and Taft portrait from the Library of Congress.
