Sister Joel Read Honored by the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities

Sister Joel Read, president emerita of Alverno College in Milwaukee, received the Theodore M. Hesburg Award from the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities. Sister Reed was honored “for outstanding contributions and extended service to Catholic higher education.” The Hesburg Award is the oldest honor bestowed by the association. It is named after the former president of the University of Notre Dame.

Reed was president of Alverno College from 1968 to 2003. She is a graduate of Alverno College and earned a master’s degree at Fordham University in The Bronx, New York.