Alcala Yearbook 1995-1996

New President

Dr. Alice B. Hayes

Dr. Alice Bourke Hayes believes that education is a pathway to understand– ing human life, nature and God. Dr. Hayes has traveled that path for 33 years, and it has led her to the presidency ofUSD. In recent years, Dr. Hayes served as executive vice president and provost at Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Mo. , and for 27 years before at Loyola Uni– versity Chicago, where she served as vice president for academic affairs (1987- 1989), associate academic vice president (1980-1987), dean for the natural sci– ences (1977-1987) and chairperson of the department of natural science (1969- 1977). From 1960 to 1962, she conducted mycology research for Municipal Tu– berculosis Sanitarium. Dr. Hayes serves as a trustee on the boards of trustees of the Pulitzer Pub– lishing Co., St. Louis Science Center, The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis and Catholic Charities. Dr. Hayes has been a member of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Space Biology Program and served on advisory panels of the Nationa1 Science Foundation. Dr. Hayes won awards for leadership and service from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the Holocaust Memorial Foundation, among others. A bi– ologist with a Ph.D. in biological sciences from Northwestern University, where she was a National Science Foundation Fellow, she has published numerous books and articles on the natural sciences and on Catholic higher education. As part of the People-to-People Citizen Ambassador Program, she participated in botanical delegations to South Africa, the People's Republic of China and the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republ ics. Dr. Hayes brings to the University of San Diego a life rich in commitment to higher education and Catholic traditions. In 1630, John Winthrop saw a com– mitment to faith as a " city upon a hill" visible to all. Dr. Alice Hayes sees wis– dom as a " shining university upon a hill" at the crest of the pathway.

Dr. Hayes' comments for the Student Body

I am pleased to extend my best wishes to the student body of the University of San Diego. I look forward to enjoying the 1996 Yearbook as a remembrance of the events and students who shared my first year

as president of the University of San Diego. This is a special year for me, and I know that you will also have many happy memories of 1995-96. Congratulations to the Class of 1996! We are proud of the achieve– ments and potential of this year's graduating class, and hope that you will often come home to cam– pus in the years ahead. May God bless you and give you the grace and strength to fulfill your plans for the rest of your life. -Alice B. Hayes

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