Ladycliff College was a small Catholic college in
Highland Falls, New York
Highland Falls, formerly named Buttermilk Falls, is a village in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 3,684 at the 2020 census. The village was founded in 1906. It is part of the Kiryas Joel– Poughkeepsie– Newbu ...
. Founded in 1933 as a woman's college by the Franciscan Sisters of Peekskill, it remained as such until admitting 7 men in 1974.
The 1978 and 1979 graduating classes were the largest in school history with 131 graduates each. The school closed after the 1979–80 school year.
The school was located adjacent to the
United States Military Academy at West Point
The United States Military Academy (USMA), commonly known as West Point, is a United States service academy in West Point, New York that educates cadets for service as commissioned officers in the United States Army. The academy was founded ...
. The academy acquired the property, and it is the location of the school's museum.
The complete history of Ladycliff College is recounted in ''Ladycliff Remembered: A Journey through Time'', a book by Linda Buzzeo Best.
See also
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List of defunct colleges and universities in New York
External links
LadyCliff.org LadyCliff Alumni Association
Ladycliff College Alumniat Facebook
Ladycliff College (historical)at hometownlocator.com
References
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Defunct Catholic universities and colleges in the United States
Education in Orange County, New York
Educational institutions disestablished in 1980
Universities and colleges established in 1933
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York
1933 establishments in New York (state)
Catholic universities and colleges in New York (state)
1980 disestablishments in New York (state)
Defunct Catholic universities and colleges in New York (state)