Newly appointed Concordia University Rector John W.
O'Brien at the last Loyola College Convocation. In August 1974 Loyola College (founded 1896) and Sir George Williams University (founded 1926) officially merged to create Concordia University. This photo marks the transition period just before the finalization of the merger of Concordia's two founding institutions. Photograph by Paul Hrasko.
June 1974.
Source : Concordia University Archives, I002-02-2202