Irma Brown giving commencement speech
Identifier |
Centennial_00462 |
Title |
Irma Brown giving commencement speech |
Creator |
Unknown |
Date Created |
1970 |
Subject (Topic) |
Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae; Commencement ceremonies; African American students |
Subject (Name) |
Brown, Irma J.; Marymount College (Los Angeles, Calif.); Loyola University of Los Angeles |
Subject (Place) |
Westchester (Los Angeles, Calif.) |
Type |
Image |
Form/Genre |
Photographs |
Physical Description |
1 photograph: black and white |
Institution |
Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University |
Country of Creation |
US |
Copyright Statement |
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/ |
Copyright Holder |
Loyola Marymount University |
Collection Identifier |
Loyola Marymount University Archives |
Item/Call Number |
Prints 9F11/04 |
Historical Background |
Honorable Irma J. Brown Dillon, J.D., graduated from Marymount College in affiliation with Loyola University of Los Angeles in 1970. She obtained her Juris Doctor degree from Loyola Law School in 1973. Dillon has been a judge of the Superior Court of California in Inglewood. She has also been an Loyola Marymount University trustee, and a founding board member of the African American Alumni Association. Irma Brown Dillon Community Service Award honors leaders who exemplify LMU's mission and tradition of serving others. |
Cited In |
Starr, Kevin. Loyola Marymount University, 1911-2011: A Centennial History. Los Angeles: Loyola Marymount University, 2011. |
Image Caption |
"With affiliation and merger, women undergraduates now served as commencement speakers. Marymount student body president Irma Brown, later a distinguished superior court judge, was the first commencement speaker in the new era of coeducation" --Starr, K., Loyola Marymount University 1911-2011. |
Additional Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
Metacollection Identifier |
http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu |
Project note |
Centennial |
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