Sr. Joyce B. Mahany, RSM, Hon. ’09 (Trustee Emerita)

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Sr. Joyce B. Mahany, RSM, Hon. ’09 (Trustee Emerita)

Retired Administrator

Sister Joyce B. Mahany, RSM, Hon. ’09, was born and raised on a potato farm in Easton, Maine. She worked with her father and brothers on the farm until she entered the convent in 1950.

Sr. Joyce received her bachelor’s degree from Husson University and her MS in Business Education from Boston University. She taught fourth grade for four years, high school for 12 years and was then appointed as the first Director of Development at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine in 1970. While Director, Sr. Joyce furthered her education by attending many workshops and seminars, including those at University of Notre Dame and Harvard University.

In 1993, Sr. Joyce left Saint Joseph’s to care for ailing Maine Senator Margaret Chase Smith, until the Senator’s death in 1995. At that time, Sr. Joyce became the Director of Development at Catherine McAuley High School, until her retirement in 2008.

Sr. Joyce has served on the Board of the Visiting Nurses Association. She also has served as both a member and President of the Windham Chamber of Commerce.

In 2009, Sr. Joyce received an honorary doctorate from Saint Joseph’s College, and in 2010, she was inducted into the College’s Athletic Hall of Fame.