As the University draws outstanding students and faculty to The Bluff in its second century, it is important to recall that our origins were small and that our present is the fruit of promises made by those who walked these fields before us. In the first days four consecrated religious were called and sent to serve at the new University, each to contribute according to his part in the daily operation of the school.
The most recent post from the University archives and museum remembers the “Pioneer Four” Holy Cross religious who were there at the beginning of Columbia University: Rev. Michael A. Quinlan, C.S.C., Rev. William Marr, C.S.C., Rev. Patrick Carroll, C.S.C., and Br. Wilfred Schreiber, C.S.C. Read more here. For other posts in the series go to this link.
Contact Carolyn Connolly, museum coordinator, at piatz@up.edu or 8038 for more information.