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Mourn CNRs Sister Dorothy Ann Kelly District
Council 37 and the College of New Rochelle mourn the passing of former CNR President
Sister Dorothy Ann Kelly on March 27. Widely recognized as a national leader in
higher education, Sister Dorothy Ann played a central role in creating CNRs
DC 37 Campus.
She was a beautiful woman, a personal friend and a
true leader who believed deeply in meeting the educational needs of working people,
said DC 37 Executive Director Lillian Roberts.
A nun in the Ursuline
Order, Sister Dorothy Ann expanded CNR from a small Catholic college for women
with 900 students on one campus to seven branches, including a graduate school
and a nursing school, with a total of more than 6,500 students.
To help
working-class men and women get a college education, she founded the School of
New Resources, with sites in poor areas such as the South Bronx, Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant.
In 1972 and 1973, she worked closely with Roberts (who was then associate director
of DC 37), former Executive Director Victor Gotbaum, former Education Director
Bernie Rifkin and CNR Professor Tom Taaffe to found the DC 37 Campus, making District
Council 37 the nations only union with its own college for members.
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