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Stonehill Alumni Magazine Fall 1998, Stonehill College Office Of Communications And Media Relations

Stonehill Alumni Magazine

This issue of the magazine includes the following features:

• Academic Convocation '98: Stonehill's third annual Academic Convocation formally marked the start of the College's 50th academic year
• Embracing Light & Hope By Fr. Richard Gribble, C.S.C.: Fr. Gribble, author of Fulfilling a Dream: Stonehill College 1948-1998, shares his favorite moments in Stonehill's history.
• Reflections on Stonehill: Ed Nordberg '52 A member of Stonehill's first class reminisces.
• The Lay of the Land A recent aerial shot of the campus captures Stonehill today.

Fullfilling A Dream: Stonehill College 1948-1998, Richard Gribble, Csc

Stonehill Faculty Scholarship

Stonehill College, from hesitant beginnings in the years shortly after World War II, has more than realized its founders' hopes. In a mere fifty years, it has become a securely established, highly selective, and nationally esteemed liberal arts college. The story of Stonehill's development and the path taken to its present academic quality and impres­sive physical plant is one of faith, devoted effort, and sacrifices by many faculty, staff, and alumni and of a community of ever­constant supporters.

Under the leadership of Bartley MacPhaidfn, CSC, president for two decades, Stonehill has seen exceptional growth without losing its caring community atmosphere. …