Joel Read

Sister Joel Read (born 1926) is a former President of Alverno College.

Biography

Janice Anne Read was born on December 30, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois.[1] She joined the School Sisters of St. Francis in 1942. Read graduated from Fordham University and Alverno College.[2] She was one of the founding members of the National Organization for Women.[3]

Academic career

Read began teaching history at Alverno College in 1955. In 1968, she was appointed to be the college's sixth president.

In 1985, she was elected to the Wisconsin Academy of Arts and Sciences. Other education board she has served on include the Foundation for Independent Higher Education, the American Council on Education, the Association of American Colleges and Universities and the National Catholic Educational Association. In 2000, she received the Lifetime Leadership Award from the Wisconsin Women in Higher Education Leadership.

Read retired in 2003. Her tenure as president is the longest of any college president in Alverno College's history.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Read, Sister Joel (Janice) 1926 -". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-10-29.
  2. ↑ "Sister Joel Read". Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters. Retrieved 2013-10-29.
  3. ↑ Friedan, Betty (2006). Life So Far. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 175. ISBN 978-0-7432-9986-2.
  4. ↑ Herzog, Karen (January 30, 2012). "Alverno's Sister Joel Read receives national honor". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.