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Althea Lennox Tessier, Ph.D.
WC'38, New Orleans, Louisiana

Achievements

  • Chaplain, pilot, college professor, world traveler,
  • researcher
  • Authoring book on symbolism in scripture
  • Visiting Fellow at Princeton Seminary (1978 - 83)
  • Faculty, Loyola Univ. Dept. of Religious Studies
  • Addressed the Louisiana legislature on the subject of equal rights for women volunteers at St. Vincent's Infant Asylum (1950s)
  • Journeyed to Peru to aid Peruvian Indians after a major earthquake (1970)
  • Co-founded the Ecumenical Council of New Jersey
  • Lecture Series, leading scholars in Biblical Scholarship and Theology. (1978)

Community Involvement includes:

  • Board of Catholic Charities of New Orleans
  • Board member of the YMCA
  • Orleans Club (since 1945)
  • Visiting lecturer at Christ Church Cathedral

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