A Look Back

A Look Back A visual history of women making their mark on Fisher.

A Peek at Student Life in the Early Years

1972

Orientation in the 1970s and 1980s

Female Faculty and Staff Icons

Margaret McMahon, longtime assistant to President Charles Lavery, CSB

Mary Loporcaro and Dr. Lauren Vicker with colleagues from the communication/journalism department.

In the 1962, Loporcaro became the first woman student at Fisher when, as a student at Nazareth College, she enrolled in an Italian class.

In 1977 she joined the Fisher faculty, one of just eight women teaching fulltime.

Dr. Sharon Delmendo, left, was the first female Fisher faculty member to win a Fulbright Scholarship. The late Dr. Jean Maley, right, was one of the longest-serving female faculty.

Dr. Florence Weinberg, professor of modern languages from 1967-1989

Dr. Mildren Boylan, longtime faculty and member of the Board of Trustees

Dr. Judy Graham, left, and Dr. Maggie Eckstrom

Dr. Teresa Harvey, longtime faculty in the history department

Theresa Datz as a student in 1986, and as Dr. Theresa Westbay as biology faculty

Left: Office staff in 1962, and the Registrar's Office in the 1980s

Academics and Life Outside the Classroom

Fisher Student-Athletes

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