Loretto, Colorado. Founded as the Loretto Heights Academy under the direction of Mother Pancratia Bonfils and the Sisters of Loretto as a private Catholic school for girls. Established as a college in 1918, conducted by the Sisters of Loretto. Included a preparatory school; college of arts and sciences; extension course; summer school. Administration was turned over to a lay board in 1968, and the first male students admitted in 1970. The College closed in 1988 with some of its programs being transferred to Regis University.
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