The Honorable Irma Brown Dillon oral history - October 21, 2022
Date of Interview
10-21-2022
Contributor
Alexander, Bryant [Interviewer]
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Description
This oral history of the Honorable Irma Brown Dillon (she/her), recorded on October 10, 2022, discusses her upbringing and what led her to attend Loyola Marymount University over a historically black college or university (HBCU), her experience running for student body president as an African American woman, being among the first women to attend LMU during merger between Loyola University and Marymount College, and her perspective on how the campus and university have grown since then. At the time of this interview, Irma was 74 years old, identified as African-American, Baptist, Protestant, Christian, and resided in Frisco, Texas. She attended both Loyola Marymount University (LMU) from 1966-1970 and Loyola Law School from 1970-1973. She was a trustee of LMU and a parent of an LMU alumnus. Irma was originally from Los Angeles, California.
Subject
African American college students; Jesuits--Education; Loyola Law School (Loyola Marymount University); Loyola Marymount University--History; Universities and colleges--United States--History
Keywords
Activism; Advocacy; Inclusive Education; Jesuit Education; Leadership; Loyola University; Marymount College; Marymount-Loyola Merger; Mentorship; Student Life
Project
Inclusive History and Images Project
Geographic Location
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Language
eng
Source
Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Digital Identifier
LML_UA_IHIP_001310001
Format
video/mp4
Format Extent
1 video; 00:50:36
Type Value
Moving Images
Transcription
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Donor
Dillon, Irma Brown
Sponsor
Bill Hannon Foundation
Copyright
Recommended Citation
Dillon [narrator], Irma Brown, "The Honorable Irma Brown Dillon oral history - October 21, 2022" (2022). Oral Histories Collection. 13.
https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/oral_histories/13
Notes
The Inclusive History and Images Project (IHIP) seeks to recover the histories of the diverse members of the Loyola Marymount University (LMU) family. At the time of this interview, Bryant Keith Alexander was Dean of the College of Communication and Fine Arts at Loyola Marymount University.