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New Members Appointed to Saint Xavier's Board of Trustees
CHICAGO (October 18, 2001) – Saint Xavier University appointed two of its alumni, Patricia Morris, Ph.D. and Mary Alice Wheeler, to its Board of Trustees.
A resident of Park Ridge, IL, Trish Morris graduated from Saint Xavier in 1983 with a degree in psychology and later received her Ph.D. and M.A. in clinical psychology from DePaul University. She is a psychologist with Hoover and Associates in Orland Park, IL. From 1990 to 1995, she was a professor in the Saint Xavier’s psychology department and coordinated the development of the master’s program in counseling psychology. She and her husband Jim have are co-chairs of Saint Xavier’s President’s Club and she also occasionally volunteers with the University’s STAR Learning Academy. She is a member of the American Psychological Association and chairs its Continuing Education Committee.
Mary Alice Wheeler, a 1988 graduate of Saint Xavier, is the owner of Countryside Bank. She has served the University as a member of the President’s Club Executive Committee and the President’s Advisory Council. Ms. Wheeler lives in Hinsdale, IL and is active as a volunteer with the World Wildlife Federation and St. John of the Cross Parish in Western Springs, IL.
Founded in 1846 by the Sisters of Mercy, Saint Xavier is Chicago's oldest Catholic university.