Mount St. Mary’s Appoints President
Sister Karen Kennelly this summer will become president of Mount St. Mary’s College, the women’s school that has campuses in downtown and in West Los Angeles, officials announced Tuesday. Kennelly succeedes Sister Magdalen Coughlin, who has been president since 1976.
Kennelly now holds an executive position in Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, the order that runs the college. She had been academic dean at St. Catherine’s College in St. Paul, Minn., and has a Ph.D. in history from UC Berkeley.
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