Study Abroad Pioneer Gives the Opportunity to Others
Dr. Dorothy E. McBride (B.A. Liberal Arts ’62) believes in the importance of exploring our global community, and that it’s best to start doing so as soon as possible. “My mother, Louise Lilly McBride, received her bachelor’s degree in Spanish from UM in 1929, and her master’s degree in Spanish from UM in 1951. She always encouraged my sister Virginia and me to go abroad— to research, to travel, to learn. I studied in Costa Rica in the 1960s, then in England, and finally in France. Virginia [McBride Altman (B.S. Journalism ’56)] spent a year in Paris in 1958 as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar. Spending that Read More...
