Education: Colligan to Hunter

Not many New Yorkers realize that their city contains not only the world's largest university, New York University, but also the world's largest college for women. Hunter. Founded in 1870, Hunter College enrolls 6,249 girls by day, 13,307 more in its evening, summer, extension, high school and model-school divisions.* Last week Hunter was given a new president to succeed Dr. James Michael Kieran who is retiring at 69. Much talk arose when the job went to 45-year-old Dr. Eugene A. Colligan, onetime principal of Boys' High School in Brooklyn and associate superintendent...

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