1967 Mrs. Abigail Quigley McCarthy, wife of Senator Eugene J. McCarthy of Minnesota, receives the Christian Excellence Medal. Rowley Residence Hall and Academic Center and Ireton Library open. Mrs. McCarthy receiving Excellence Medal. Jann Wenner founds Rolling Stone magazine. Circulation reaches 60,000 by the years' end.
Students also worry about events in the District.
Click to read about local race riots. 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated. With the rise of the Counterculture, many students dressed in radical new clothing to illustrate their anti-establishment feelings. Marymount had its own share of anti-establishment dress and ideas. 1969 Counterculture forces converge at the Woodstock Music Festival.