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Marie Kernaghan, RSCJ, was a physicist and professor of science at Maryville University for over sixty years.

Marie Kernaghan

Kernaghan was the first woman to graduate from Saint Louis University with a PhD; and the first person to be awarded the degree in physics from the university, in 1929.

Kernaghan was a long-time educator at Maryville University, previously Maryville College and Maryville Academy of the Sacred Heart when Kernaghan began teaching. When Maryville became a college, Kernaghan was named head of the the science department. In 1961, the college moved from its first campus in South St. Louis City to its current location in West St. Louis County, Kernaghan designed the science building, later named Kernaghan Hall after her as a surprise.