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BAUERLY, Donna

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Donna Bauerly

BAUERLY, Donna. (Dubuque, IA- ).Professor. On August I5, 1983, Bauerly became the first woman to attain full professorship at LORAS COLLEGE. She taught on the campus when Loras began accepting women as students in 1971. Later Bauerly worked as a supervisor of student teachers. She held Masters and Doctoral degrees from Marquette University. In 2001 she received he fourth John Cardinal O’Connor Chair for Catholic Thought.

Retiring after a 52-year teaching career, Bauerly focused on writing the biography of the poet Rev. Raymond Roseliep, a former professor at Loras and an accomplished haikuist. She also served as President of the Carnegie-Stout Library Foundation Board and Chair of the Foundation Subcommittee for the Carnegie-Stout Library Renovation Campaign. She began serving on the Dubuque Community School District Board of Education in 1997. In 2008 she announced that she would not campaign for another term on the board.