Carroll University history

Reverend Savage will hold office from 1850-63.

The Philomathean Society, a literary and debating club and Carroll’s first student organization, is founded by the freshman class of 1853-54.

Bishop Brondel spent his first six months in Montana-from June to December 1883-visiting practically every corner of the territory.

The first advertisement for the college was listed in the Catholic Bulletin on August 19, 1886.

At the end of the first school year, on June 27, 1887, there was a convocation ceremony with a program, music, and prizes being distributed for good work in the classroom.

By 1888, he had worked long and hard to see to the construction and opening of the first wing of the new building for the college, which is presently St Ignatius High School.

In 1890, St Ignatius College was incorporated under the laws of Ohio and granted the power to confer certificates and degrees.

College work was resumed and the office of the presidency was filled again in 1893.

Indeed, the statewide growth was so significant that a new diocese headquartered in Great Falls, and responsible for the eastern two-thirds of the state, was created on May 18, 1904.

Founded in 1909 in Helena, Montana, by the Catholic Diocese of Helena, Carroll offers an outstanding and affordable education that positions students aggressively for successful job placement and admission to graduate, law and medical schools.

There are the first of many honor societies to be formed in the 1920s.

With a generous gift from the late R. Jack Sneeden ’50 and his wife, Cherrill Swart Sneeden ’50, the college begins restoration of the Sneeden House, a magnificent 1922 colonial home now used as a guesthouse and conference center.

To go along with this change, on May 15, 1923, St Ignatius College was renamed Cleveland University for a time.

In 1925, the first copy of The Carroll News was published.

Thanks to the business sense of John J. Bernet, general chairman of the building committee and Herman R. Neff, chairman of the preliminary campaign, $1,400,000 in pledges was secured by 1929.

Since financial success was evident, the building of the new campus began by laying the cornerstone on July 5, 1931.

William Arthur Ganfield becomes president and will hold the position until 1939.

In 1943, with the war in full swing, the campus was shut down to students, but opened its doors to the Navy, when its V-12 program was established.

In 1945, upon reopening the school after the war, the School of Business, Economics, and Government was established.

He will hold this office until 1946.

In 1947, a temporary gymnasium was erected on the original chapel foundation.

In 1949, the Evening College was established.

Nelson Vance Russell becomes president and will hold office until 1951.

Olive J. Van Male in memory of their son James R. Van Male of the class of 1954.

Dennis Punches, class of 1958, pledges $1 million to build an outdoor track along Grand Avenue.

In 1961, Grasselli Library opened its doors.

He will hold office until 1967.

1969 saw the completion of a Student Activities Annex which included a student bar known as the “Airport Lounge,” Little Theater, Development and Alumni offices, and Military Science.

John T. Middaugh becomes president and will hold office until 1970.

In 1971, the Fritzsche Religious Center opened.

The first group of women graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences in 1972.

The William H. Johnson Natatorium was built to house the campus swimming pool in 1975.

In 1978, a new dormitory was built and named North Hall.

In 1982, Cleveland businessman Walter Sutowski’s gift of one million dollars brought the American Values Campaign over its goal of $8.4 million.

In 1984, a $2.1 million grant from the Mellen Foundation of Cleveland endowed a chair in finance in the School of Business.

He will hold office until 1988.

Dan C. West becomes president and will hold office until 1992.

In 1994, the T.P. O’Malley, S.J., Center for Communications and Language Arts was opened and dedicated.

Frank S. Falcone becomes president and will hold office until 2006.