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changed their names.If you note a
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College
Name
City
State
Start Date
End Date
Affiliation
Other Information
Source
Adelphia
College
Seattle
Washington
1905
1919
Swedish Baptist
campus acquired by Seattle
College; in 1930 the buildings were redicated at Seattle Preparatory School
Solberg.Lutheran Higher
Education in North America.1985.
College
of Sister Formation
Issaquah
Washington
1961
1969
Sisters of Charity of Providence
founded for the education of
Sisters, probably never enrolled lay students; now with Seattle University
Schier and Russett.Catholic Women's
Colleges in America.2002.
Columbia
College
Everett
Washington
1909
1920
United Norwegian Lutheran Church
with unification of churches it
was decided to support one higher education institution, the Pacific Lutheran
Academy, later Pacific Lutheran College and establish a hospital on the
Columbia College site in Everett
Solberg.Lutheran Higher
Education in North America.1985.
Forest
Ridge Junior College
Seattle
Washington
1937
Religious of the Sacred Heart
http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=22&l3=39&top=10
Schier and Russett.Catholic Women's Colleges in America.
2002.
Fort
Wright College of the Holy Name
Spokane
Washington
1907
Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus
and Mary
successor to Holy Names College;
name changed to Heritage College in 1982 with move to Toppenish, WA
www.heritage.edu/about/history.htm
Schier and Russett.Catholic Women's Colleges in America.2002.
Brenner, Morgan G.The Encyclopedia of College & University Name Histories.2003.
Griffin
College
Seattle
Washington
1993
successor of Griffin-Murphey
Business College; sites in Bellevue, Tacoma
Holy
Names College
Spokane
Washington
1907
Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus
and Mary
predecessor to Fort Wright
College
www.heritage.edu/about/history.htm
Schier and Russett.Catholic Women's Colleges in America.2002.
Moran
Junior College
Brainbridge Island
Washington
1914
1933
property later purchased and
re-opened as Puget Sound Naval Academy
moved to Portland, OR in 1940;
name changed to Warner Pacific College in 19959
Brenner, Morgan G.The Encyclopedia of
College & University Name Histories.2003.
Saint
Martin's College
Lacey
Washington
1895
Roman Catholic Order of Saint
Benedict
name changed to Saint Martin's
University in 2005
http://www.stmartin.edu/about/history.htm
Seattle
Labor College
Seattle
Washington
Koch, Raymond &
Charlotte.Educational
Commune: The Story of Commonwealth College. P.
8
http://djvued.libs.uga.edu/text/co22txt.txt
Spokane
Christian College
Spokane
Washington
1933
Christian Church (Disciples of
Christ)
merged with Eugene Bible College
becoming Northwest Christian College
Songe, Alice H.American Universities
and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes.1978.
Spokane
College
Spokane
Washington
1905
1929
Lutheran
in addition to a four-year
academy, offered a ull liberal arts curriculum and operated a law school;
dissension among Lutherans led to erosion of support and retrenchment to
junior college and later to academy status be it merged with Pacific Lutheran
College in 1929
www.plu.edu/about/geninfo.shtml
Solberg.Lutheran Higher Education in North America.1985.
Spokane
University
Spokane
Washington
1912
Cummins, D. Duane.The Disciples
Colleges: A History.1987.
Tacoma
Catholic College
Tacoma
Washington
1966
Dominican Sisters
closed to lay students in 1962;
closed as a sisters' college in 1966
http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=22&l3=39&top=10
Schier and Russett.Catholic Women's Colleges in America.
2002.
Tacoma
College of Dental Surgery
Tacoma
Washington
1899
moves to Portland and merges
with Oregon College of Dentistry to form North Pacific Dental College, later
renamed North Pacific College of Oregon
