Former SJC science professor Sr. Juliana Kowal, D.C., passed away on Oct. 17, 2010, in Emmitsburg. You may read her obituary on the SJC website.
Upon hearing of her passing, members of the Class of 1972 have shared their memories of her via email. Following are some of their thoughts. Please feel free to add your own by clicking the “Comments” link at the bottom of this post.
“I remember seeing Sr. Juliana in a wheelchair several years ago in the back of the Provincial House Chapel. She was so happy to see all of us. My greatest memory was the year she was off campus on sabbatical. She was driving up the “A” one Friday afternoon and our sign, hanging out of a dorm window, ‘Out of the zoo in 72,’ caught her eye. She plowed into my car (except it was my sister’s car that I had borrowed!). I was happy to know that nuns had insurance! God bless Sr. Juliana. She is probably already working on science projects in heaven!” – Mary Pat Bohan Kelly
“Remember when we stole the arm from the skeleton and scared the crap out of Paulette? That was hilarious! Sr. Juliana was a gift. She knew her anatomy and passed her knowledge on to us. We were fortunate to have her as an instructor.” – Hope Heaven Hatch
“I remember the time that those of us who were not nurses were supposed to be dissecting frogs, and Ann-Marie let many of them escape out the back door of the lab. Sr. Juliana said she did not believe our story that it was an ‘accident.’ She said we could not get out of it that easily, and replacement frogs were located and arrived shortly thereafter. Good times, fond memories, for all but the replacement frogs, of course. – Leslie Fulton Weatherly
“Another ‘icon’ gone.” – Chris Mele
“She called me Virginia the entire year, and the one time I corrected her, she replied, ‘Yes, I know, Virginia.’ I will always remember her.” – Veronica Duggan Flynn
“Remember those fetal pigs!” – Jayne Bianco Cohill
“She did know her anatomy! I was able to spend some time with her last year at the reunion. It was a precious experience. She was a great lady. – Maureen Maloy Biggers
“One of my greatest memories of her and her class was the oral anatomy exam with that stupid skeleton. She couldn’t catch me, so she went to some minute fissures in the brain. Didn’t do well in logic, but I could memorize! She still couldn’t stump me. It was one of my best memories of her, and you are right, the old gal knew her anatomy!
- Julie Lombard Venuti“All I can say is, ‘Are you with me on that?’ She did know her biology.” – Susanne Palmer
