A celebration of 75 years of Roosevelt University
Director of Counseling and Testing Services | 1945¬–75
An alumna of Central YMCA College, Alyce Pasca was one of 62 faculty members that voted to leave the Y College and found Roosevelt University. She taught psychology and statistics before becoming the counseling director in 1954. She helped hundreds of students and was highly respected in the medical field.
1954
Founded in 1871, the Chicago Musical College offered courses in music, acting, “elocution, oratory and physical culture.” After the merger, its president, legendary pianist Rudolph Ganz, continued to serve the University for another two decades.
CMC alumni include five-time Oscar nominee Irene Dunne and Broadway songwriter Jules Styne. In 1955, CMC graduate Robert McFerrin became the first black man to perform at the Metropolitan Opera — only a month after Marian Anderson, a member of Roosevelt’s advisory board, first broke that color barrier.