Fairfield University the Graduate School of Education and Allied Professions. In 1941, Rev. James H. Dolan, S.J., Provincial for the New England Province of the Society of Jesus, received written permission from Bishop Maurice F. McAuliffe of the Hartford Archdiocese to establish a Jesuit high school and college in the southwestern area of Connecticut. Fairfield University was officially founded in 1942 when the Jesuits acquired the two contiguous estates of the Brewster Jennings and Walter Lashar families. Upon its founding, it became the 26th Jesuit college/university in the United States. In the same year, Rev. James H. Dolan, S.J. appointed the Rev.
Connecticut Huskies softball an 849–558–5 record over 30 years in Storrs. During their tenure in the Big East Conference, the Huskies claimed 7 Big East Conference Softball Tournament titles, six regular season championships and reached the 1993 Women's College World Series. This table is complete through the 2016 season. Connecticut Huskies softball The Connecticut Huskies softball team represents the University of Connecticut in the sport of college softball in at the Division I level of the NCAA. The team was founded in the spring of the 1974-1975 academic school year, and is a member of the American Athletic Conference (The American). They play