Alcala Yearbook 2000

S r. Helen Lorch has b y ars . Her d edi ca ti on and sheer s implicity have end eared her to tud ents, faculty, s taff m mbers, and admini s tration alike. Sr. Lorch attended the University of San Diego for Women and received her Ba chelor's d egree in His tory with a minor in Engli h in 1958. She began teaching a t the College as a member of the Hi tory Depa rtment faculty later th a t ame year . A few yea rs la ter, in 1961, Sr. Helen Lorch ntered the re li– g ious order of the Sacred Hea rt. She returned to the University in 1965 to become Re ·id ent Direc tor to th e Co llege for Women . Upon the completion of h r Mast r's deg ree in History, ·he also re– turned to teaching, this time as a Wor ld Civilizations professor. In 1995, Sr. Lorch wa , the inaugura l recipient of the Mother Ro a li e Hill Award, given annu ally to one alumnu · who d emons tra tes pro– found commitment to th e Uni ver– sity and personifi es the school's ·pirit and philosoph y . Sadl y, Sr. Lorch retired a t the beginning of the academi c yea r . n a fix ture of the Uni vers ity of our campu for ov r forty Her presence on campu s will sure ly be mi ed. There is no doubt, however, tha t her kind a nd genero us spirit w ill always be felt around the campus .

ABOVE: Sr. Lorch alway enjoyed being il well as being a ch fat the bar-b-qu e.

BELOW: Sr. Lorch with the 1992 Camino/Found ers Re id ent Assistant at a reunion in May of 1998.

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