Ronald Amey
Ronald Amey, American fashion designer
Ronald Amey with students and Sister Aloyse Hessburg at Mount Mary College
Ronald Amey (1934?-1986), a New York designer, was one of many people in the fashion industry who visited Mount Mary College to share their expertise with students in the new fashion design program. He opened his fashion house with his partner, Joseph Burke, in 1959 and designed under the label Burke-Amey. His first visit to Mount Mary, in September 1965, was for the Pro Urbe Civic Award Dinner honoring Aileen Ryan, and he returned in March 1966 to conduct student counseling sessions. In 1966 he also received the first Gold Needle Award from the fashion design program. See Sister John Francis Schuh's speech presenting him in 1966 below.
Speech by Sister John Francis Schuh for 1966 event presenting Ronald Amey and Pierce Rosenberg
Fashion show with Ronald Amey
Amey returned to Mount Mary to assist with the new fashion design program and to celebrate the achievements of others in the field. To the left, he's visible in a photograph of a fashion show, likely from 1965-1968, though it's unclear whether this was one of Mount Mary's annual student fashion shows (which began in 1968) or a show of his own work.
