The Inauguration of the 12th President of
Mount St. Mary's College

The inauguration ceremony of Ann McElaney-Johnson

The 12^th President of Mount St. Mary’s College

Friday, March 16, 2012, 10 a.m.
Mount St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles 

1/16: Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas presents Mount St. Marys' College President Ann McElaney-Johnson with a scroll in honor of her inauguration during a regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors on March 14, 2012.

2/16: President Ann McElaney-Johnson receives her scroll from Los Angeles County Supervisors Don Knabe, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Zev Yaroslavsky and Michael D. Antonovich at the Kennth Hahn Hall of Administration on March 14, 2012.

3/16: After the presentation of scrolls, Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas chats with Mount St. Mary's College President Ann McElaney-Johnson and community liaison Maria Lyons.

4/16: President Ann McElaney-Johnson leaves the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration on March 14, 2012. With her are Maria Lyons, community liaison, and Bernadette Robert, assistant vice president of student affairs.

5/16: The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors presented this special scroll to Mount St. Mary's College President Ann McElaney-Johnson in honor of her inauguration.

6/16: Mount St. Mary's College Provost Eleanor Siebert leads the procession to St. Vincent's Church for the inauguration ceremony of President Ann McElaney-Johnson on March 16, 2012.

7/16: Mount students flank Adams Boulevard between Doheny Campus and St. Vincent's Church to greet the faculty and representatives from other colleges and universities joining the procession before the inauguration ceremony.

8/16: Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez gives the invocation during the inauguration of President Ann McElaney-Johnson at St. Vincent's Church on March 16, 2012.

9/16: Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas and former L.A. Mayor Richard Riordan join the procession for Mount President Ann McElaney-Johnson's inauguration.

10/16: Mount faculty line up along Chester Place, Doheny Campus, for the procession before the inauguration ceremony.

11/16: Students hold up the college banner during the procession from Doheny Campus to St. Vincent's Church for the inauguration of President Ann McElaney-Johnson on March 16, 2012.

12/16: Among the special guests at the inauguration are Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet Provincial Sr. Barbara Anne Stowasser, CSJ, '60, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez and college Board of Trustees Chair Michael A. Enright.

13/16: Among the special guests at the inauguration are Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet Provincial Sr. Barbara Anne Stowasser, CSJ, '60, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez and college Board of Trustees Chair Michael A. Enright.

14/16: Student volunteers in yellow shirts lined the section of Adams Boulevard between the college and St. Vincent's Church for the procession.

15/16: Students carry department banners on Chester Place as they walk to St. Vincent's Church for the inauguration ceremony.

16/16: The pews at St. Vincent's Church are filled with Mount guests, faculty, staff and students during the inauguration of President Ann McElaney-Johnson. The church was dedicated in 1925, the same year Mount St. Mary's College was established.