University of San Diego Magazine 75th Anniversary 2024

IN MEMORIAM

A Simple Yet Grand Vision

In 2002, senior Mia Barnett involves President Hayes in an examination of plant DNA.

Honoring the Leadership and Legacy of President Emerita Alice B. Hayes, PhD A lice Bourke Hayes, PhD, who served as the University of San Diego’s roots in Ireland. A lifelong scholar, Dr. Hayes graduated magna cum laude with a and went on to receive her PhD in biological sciences from Northwestern University, she led, working as a professor at Loyola University of Chicago by Krystn Shrieve

before serving as a dean, an associate academic vice president and then a vice president of academic affairs. Prior to taking the helm at USD, Dr. Hayes

where she was a National Science Foundation fellow. Dr. Hayes had an enduring commitment to science, to students and to the universities

Bachelor of Science in biology from Mundelein College in 1959. She earned her Master of Science in botany from University of Illinois, Urbana,

second president from 1995 to 2003, passed away on Sept. 24, 2023. She was 85 years old. She was born in Chicago to a proud Catholic family with

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