COLLEGE OF MOUNT SAINT VINCENT

The 'College of Mount Saint Vincent' is a Catholic liberal arts college located in the Riverdale section of The Bronx, New York. It was founded by the Sisters of Charity of New York.
The college was founded in 1847 as the Academy of Mount Saint Vincent, a school for women. It took its name from Saint Vincent de Paul, the 17th Century French priest who worked with the poor and founded the original Sisters of Charity, and from the "mount" that was a geographic high point along Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. When New York City began acquiring land for Central Park in 1855, the school purchased the 70-acre "Fonthill," the estate of famed Shakesperian actor Edwin Forrest, in the Riverdale neighborhood in what has been called The Bronx since New York City's consolidation in 1898. Today, the picturesque castle that was the centerpiece of Forrest's estate is still used as the College's Office of Admission and Financial Aid and forms the architectural symbol of the college.
In 1911, the Academy became a degree-granting institution. In 1974, the College of Mount Saint Vincent bcame a co-educational institution as it began admitting men.
Today, the school serves 1,800 students, with strong professional undergraduate programs in nursing, business, communication, and education. In addition, the college offers the standard liberal arts undergraduate curriculum with distinctive strengths in biology, biochemistry, English, psychology, and sociology. The College also offers strong graduate degree programs in nursing and education.
The college is the peak of the educational network under the care of the Sisters of Charity of New York, one of several Sisters of Charity congregations of Catholic women that trace their lineage back to Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton.
Over the past decade, the College of Mount Saint Vincent has grown to twice its former size. In 2006, the College and nearby Manhattan College decided to end a program under which they offered certain subjects jointly.

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Notable Alumni

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Notable Alumni

★ Corazon Aquino, former President of the Philippines

★ Rosemary Berkery, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Merrill Lynch

★ Betty Broderick, convicted of murdering her ex-husband and his new wife Linda Kolkena

★ Noreen Culhane, Executive Vice President, New York Stock Exchange

★ Gail Dinter-Gottlieb, president of Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia

★ Bernard McGuirk, former excecutive producer of the ''Imus in the Morning'' radio and television program

★ Ethelinda Soliven, Prominent Philippine Journalist and Lifestyle Editor.

★ Bernardo Moronta, Radio personality "Bryan Martinez" on 106.1 BLI in Long Island, NY. Served as first and only program director of Southeastern Connecticut's first all-Spanish radio station, Magia 980.

★ Miriam Naveira, first and only female Chief Justice on Supreme Court of Puerto Rico

★ Stefanie Stathopoulos, Radio Personality "Stef La Kallejera" on La Kalle 105.9 FM in the New York Metropolitan Area

★ Maria Vullo, noted attorney at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

★ Aline Romanones (nee Aline Griffith, aka Aline, Countess of Romanones and Aline Countess Romanones) who published a memoir of her OSS work called The Spy Wore Red: My Adventures as an Undercover Agent in World War II.

Notable Current Professors/Employees

★ Jeffrey Desources - poet and author of "Do Not Hold Doors"

★ Anthony Lee - noted author of suspense novel "Martin Quinn" and other works

★ James Fabrizzio - Biologist, NIH grant recipient

★ James Haley - Biologist, N.S.F. grant recipient

★ Joseph Skelly - noted author and Bronze Star Medal recipient; veteran of the current war in Iraq; frequent contributor to National Review

★ Kelly O'Leary President of Somers, New York

★ Ron Scapp - noted educator and author of "Teaching Values" and other works

External links

★ College of Mount Saint Vincent

★ Sisters of Charity of New York