Mary Milligan was an American theologian, a university administrator, and a member of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary who served as the tenth general superior of the Institute of the RSHM.
17 Facts About Mary Milligan
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Mary Milligan was the first general superior of that religious order who was born in the United States.
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Mary Milligan served Loyola Marymount University as a professor, as provost, and subsequently as Dean of Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts.
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Mary Milligan went on to serve on the board of St John's Seminary in Camarillo, California, and taught theology to seminarians.
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Mary Milligan had three siblings, an older sister Pat, a younger sister Jeri, and a younger brother Mike.
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Fellow parishioners or classmates who would enter religious life and play significant roles in Mary Milligan's life include Cardinal Roger Mahoney, and Fr.
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Mary Milligan went on to attend Corvallis High School, which was run by RSHM sisters who inspired her to join that religious order.
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Mary Milligan took her first vows in 1955, taking the name Sr.
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Mary Milligan was elected general councilor and served in that role from 1969 to 1975.
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That work was ongoing as Mary Milligan went to Rome and joined the general council.
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Mary Milligan was elected superior general of the RSHM in 1980, the tenth woman to hold that role and the first born in the United States of America.
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In 1986, Mary Milligan returned from Rome to the United States.
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Mary Milligan then served as provost of Loyola Marymount University from 1986 to 89.
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Mary Milligan served as a professor of theology at LMU and as president of the board at St John's Seminary in Camarillo.
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Mary Milligan served as the dean of the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts of Loyola Marymount University from 1992 to 97.
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Mary Milligan served as a trustee of the university from 1987 to 2006.
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In 1988, Milligan was awarded an honorary doctorate from Marymount University in Arlington, VA.