From the Archives: The attempted merger of Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s

Spencer Kelly, Leah Perila, Lilyann Gardner and Adriana Perez | Monday, April 11, 2022

Historical counterfactuals are always a tricky thing. Even for trained historians, it is tough to tell what would have happened if, say, Lincoln had not been assassinated or if the Allies had lost World War II. However, with regard to the proposed merger between Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s in the early 1970s, one thing