College of the Holy Cross
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- Not to be confused with Holy Cross College (Indiana) or other similarly named Holy Cross Colleges.
The site of the college, Mount Saint James, was originally occupied by a Catholic boarding school, run by the Rev. James Fitton, since 1832. On February 2 1843, Fr. Fitton sold the land to Bishop Fenwick and the Diocese of Boston to be used to found the Catholic college that the bishop had wanted in Boston. The school opened subsequently in October 1843 with the Rev. Thomas F. Mulledy, S. J., former president of Georgetown University, as its first president. The first class graduated in 1849, led by valedictorian James Augustine Healy. Fenwick Hall, the school's main building, was completely destroyed by fire in 1852 and rebuilt in 1853.
Initially Holy Cross could not obtain a charter from the anti-Catholic Massachusetts state legislature, and diplomas were signed by the President of Georgetown University. A charter was finally granted on March 24 1865. Today, Holy Cross is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, is ranked thirty-second among liberal arts colleges in the country, and is part of a consortium with other Worcester colleges, including Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Clark University. As of June 2005, the Holy Cross endowment was valued at $465 million.
Athletics
The basketball teams are powerhouses within the Patriot League and in the Northeast. The men's basketball team has won four Patriot League titles (1993, 2001, 2002, 2003) since the League's formation in 1991 and the women's team has also made several appearances in the NCAA Tournament. In 2006, the women's lacrosse team made its first NCAA Tournament appearance, defeating Colgate in the Patriot League championship game prior to beating LeMoyne in the NCAA play-in game.
The ice hockey program is an up-and-coming program, and competes in the Atlantic Hockey Association in men's hockey and the Division III ECAC East division in women's ice hockey. On March 24, 2006, the Holy Cross men's hockey team made history by defeating the University of Minnesota in the first round of the NCAA Division I Tournament. Coined as one of the biggest upsets in NCAA ice hockey history, the Crusaders beat the Golden Gophers 4-3 in overtime. Holy Cross has seen two NCAA appearances, and has won the Atlantic Hockey/ MAAC Conference three times (1999, 2004, 2006)
Residence Life
Housing at Holy Cross is guaranteed, but many students choose to live off-campus. There is no Greek Life at Holy Cross; as a result, the sports team houses on nearby Caro Street have a strong social presence. The offices of Residence Life are based in Hogan 109 where Resident assitants, Head Resident Assitants, and Student Development Coordinators work hand in hand with a professional staff to create a welcoming and nurturing on-campus community. These para-professionals are essential to facilitation of residence life in the ten dorms on campus. The dorms are generally divided into The Freshman Dorms, The Hill Dorms, The Quad Dorms and the Senior Apartments.The Freshman Dorms
The two dorms on campus that accommodate incoming students are Mulledy Hall and Wheeler Hall. These hall may also be the home to sophomores and juniors but they are the only dorms where freshmen reside.- Mulledy Hall was built in 1966 and is named after Rev. Thomas F. Mulledy, S.J. who was the first president of the college. Mulledy is the largest dorm on campus with the capability of holding 405 students on 5 floors. It is generally referred to by the three different wings commonly referred to as, "Mulledy East," "Mulledy Central," or "Mulledy West." It is located on Easy Street, just as the other hill dorms are, but it is the only hill dorm that has freshman in it (excluding the substance-free rooms in Clark).
- Wheeler Hall, on the other hand, is located between Dinand Library and the O'Kane Science Building. Wheeler also has five floors where floors one three and five are female-only and floors two and three are male only. Just as in all of the Hill dorms, female floors can only be accessed by female residents of the floor or by resident assistants in that dorm. Wheeler and Mulledy consistently maintain a reputation for being rambunctious party-dorms on the weekends.
The Hill Dorms
As you travel Easy Street between Hogan and Mulledy, the Hill Dorms will appear in the following order: Healy Hall, Lehy Hall, Hanselman Hall, and Clark Hall (Mulledy is the final dorm on Easy Street). The vast majority of rooms in these dorms are doubles.- Healy Hall is named after Bishop James A. Healy who became the first African-American graduate of Holy Cross in 1849. Its construction was completed in 1962 and is the home to as many as 198 students each year.
- Lehy Hall is the home to as many as 186 students each year and was named after Rev. John F. Lehy, S.J., the thirteenth president of the college.
- Hanselman Hall was finished in 1962 and is the former home of the First Year Program. Until the end of the 2005-2006 school year the dorm was occupied strictly by freshmen. Since the program has moved to Mulledy, Hanselman has become occupied by sophomores, juniors and seniors.
- Clark Hall is the home of the Substance Free Program and as many as 192 students. Construction finished in 1962 and the building was named in honor of Rev. James Clark, S.J., the sixth president of the college.
- Loyola Hall, when travelling from Kimball Dining Hall, is beyond the Senior Apartments and is directly down the hill from Hanselman Hall. This hall has a reputation of being the quietest dorm on campus particularly due to the fact that all the doors close themselves. It was finished in 1963 and dedicated in honor of St. Ignatius Loyola in 1965. It holds as many as 308 students in doubles, triples, quads, and a select few five or six man suites.
The Quad Dorms
Carlin and Alumni Halls face each other on opposite sites of the Kimball Quad and the dorms closest to Kimball Dining Hall. Only groups of four Juniors or Seniors are allowed to reside in these dorms.- Alumni Hall houses up to 188 students.
- Carlin Hall is named after Rev. James J. Carlin, S.J., the seventeenth president of the college. It can accommodate as many as 169 students.
The Apartments
The Senior Apartments are the most coveted living arrangements on campus. Completed in 2003, each apartment houses four students and comes equipped with a bathroom with separate shower (some with heat lamps), kitchen, living room, and two bedrooms. The Senior Apartments are sub-divided into 61 apartments that can comfortably accommodate 244 students. The building has 4 floors, but the main entrance is on the second floor. There is a public kitchen on the first floor.Notable alumni
- Vito Acconci, artist and architect
- Dave Anderson, New York Times sports columnist, 1981 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for commentary
- Philip Berrigan, Author and activist
- Tim Bishop, US Congressman
- Joseph A. Califano, Jr., former United States government official
- Bob Casey, Sr., Pennsylvania governor
- Bob Casey, Jr., his son, Pennsylvania treasurer and U.S. Senate candidate
- Billy Collins, Poet Laureate
- Bob Cousy, Basketball Hall of Fame member and former Boston Celtics player and coach
- Edward D. DiPrete, Governor of Rhode Island (1985-1991)
- Joe Dugan, late Major League Baseball player
- Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institutes of Health
- Dennis Golden, president of Fontbonne University
- Michael Harrington, Socialist historian
- Patrick Francis Healy, former President of Georgetown University
- James Augustine Healy, first African American Bishop in the United States
- Tom Heinsohn, Basketball Hall of Fame member and former Boston Celtics player and coach
- Dave Holmes, MTV host
- Edward P. Jones, 2004 Pulitzer Prize winner in fiction for writing The Known World
- Joseph P. Kerwin, astronaut
- Timothy Leary, the LSD-pioneering Harvard Professor, attended Holy Cross before being expelled after his freshman year
- Paul LeClerc, president of New York Public Library
- Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews and NBC's The Chris Matthews Show
- Michael R. McNulty, US House Representative United States
- James P. Moran, US House Representative United States
- Joseph E. Murray, Nobel Prize in Medicine for the first successful kidney transplant
- Joseph T. O'Callahan, first chaplain Medal of Honor winner
- Kevin O'Connor, host of PBS's This Old House
- John Peterman (aka J.Peterman), catalog and retail entrepreneur
- James David Power III, US House Representative United States, J.D. Power and Associates founder
- Dan Shaughnessy, sports columnist for the Boston Globe
- Bill Simmons, national sports columnist
- Louis Sockalexis, the first American Indian player in major league baseball
- Clarence Thomas, United States Supreme Court Justice
- Edward Bennett Williams, famed Washington trial attorney
- Robert C. Wright, NBC Chief Executive Officer
- Pedro O. Heilbron, Copa Airlines Chief Executive Officer
External links
- [College of the Holy Cross Official Site]
- [Official Athletics Site]
- [Colleges of Worcester Consortium]
- [Residence Hall Profiles]
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