Kathy Halloran Liska (née Halloran) is the middle child of six children (three girls and three boys) that were born and raised two miles from Mundelein College in Chicago. She was a Biology major and graduated from Mundelein in 1964. Being so close to school, Kathy talks about commuting with her friend [Herta Kaiser]. At one point Kathy contemplated becoming a nun, but upon realizing she wanted to have kids, she discarded the idea. She fondly remembers Sister Cecilia, the biology department chairmen, and working with her as a lab teaching assistant. Kathy also held jobs as a switchboard and elevator operator during her time at Mundelein. Since her family did not have a car in the city, Kathy remembers Mundelein giving her the first opportunities to get out of Chicago with trips and socials to other colleges, skiing with the outing club, and a trip to the Indiana Dunes with the biology department’s sorority, Beta Beta Beta (Tri Beta). Kathy talks briefly about the national unrest during her time at Mundelein in the 1960s, but focuses on her studies, jobs, and friends on campus.
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