Pine Manor Junior College
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| Latin: Pineae Manoris Collegii | |
| Motto |
Aymez Loyaute (Love Loyalty) |
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| Type | Private liberal arts |
| Established | 1911 |
| Endowment | $9.5 Million |
| President | Thomas M. O’Reilly (2016) |
| Dean | Dr. Diane Mello-Goldner |
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Academic staff
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66 |
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Administrative staff
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c. 140 |
| Students | 490 |
| Undergraduates | 450 |
| Postgraduates | 40 |
| Address | 400 Heath Street, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA |
| Campus | Suburban (50 acres) |
| Colors |
Green White |
| Athletics | NCAA Division III independent schools |
| Nickname | Gators |
| Mascot | Gator |
| Affiliations | AAC&U, NAICU, NEASC, AICUM, NEWMAC |
| Website | www.pmc.edu |
Pine Manor College (PMC) is a private, liberal arts college located in Chestnut Hill, a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1911, and was historically a women-only college until 2014, when it admitted its first men. It currently serves almost 500 students, 75% of whom live on the 60-acre (240,000 m2) campus.
PMC was rated the nation's most racially diverse liberal arts college by U.S. News & World Report. Pine Manor alumnae represent 60 countries and all 50 U.S. states.
The college was founded in 1911 as Pine Manor Junior College (PMJC) by Helen Temple Cooke, as part of the Dana Hall School in Wellesley, Massachusetts. A finishing school, it was a women-only institution at a time when even wealthy women were generally denied access to higher education.
Author and educator Ella Lyman Cabot taught at PMJC in its early days. Pioneering female architect Eleanor Manning O'Connor taught at PMJC in the 1930s; educator Mary Nourse taught history there in 1933–1934.
Frederick Carlos Ferry, Jr. (1913–2004) served as Pine Manor's president from 1956 to 1974. The school's Ferry Administration Building is named after him.
In 1965 the school moved to a 78-acre (320,000 m2) estate in Chestnut Hill. The estate, then known as Roughwood, was the residence of Ernest B. Dane, at that time president of the Brookline Savings and Trust. Many of the school's buildings are original to the estate and have been renovated to accommodate the college.
In 1977, the school expanded its mission to offer four-year bachelor's degrees, and became Pine Manor College.
In 1996, under new president Gloria Nemerowicz, the school changed its mission from educating women in the social elite to focusing on ethnic minorities and under-served communities. Although this shift brought the school praise and admiration, over the years enrollment declined, from around 1,200 to around 400 full-time students. The school's endowment similarly declined.
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