{"id":2061,"date":"2018-06-20T08:52:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T08:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developmenttwo.marymount.edu\/blog\/marymount%c2%92s-dr-rosemary-hubbard-retires-after-50-years\/"},"modified":"2018-06-20T08:52:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T08:52:00","slug":"marymount%c2%92s-dr-rosemary-hubbard-retires-after-50-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/marymount%c2%92s-dr-rosemary-hubbard-retires-after-50-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Marymount\u0092s Dr. Rosemary Hubbard Retires After 50 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having finished her Ph.D. at Georgetown University, <a href=\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/Home\/Contact-Us\/Directory\/?profileid=98\">Dr. Rosemary Hubbard<\/a> interviewed with Marymount University\u0092s then president, Sister M. Majella Berg, RSHM. Hubbard planned to teach for a few years while figuring out her path as a marine biologist.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u0093During my interview, Sister Majella told me our goal was to help each individual student reach their potential,\u0094 Hubbard said. \u0093From then on I understood the importance of a teacher\u0092s role in helping each individual achieve that.\u0094<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\nThat was in 1968, when Marymount was a two-year Catholic school for women. Over the next 50 years, Hubbard helped thousands of Saints reach their potential, serving as a professor, advisor, faculty chair, dean and friend.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\n\u0093I became so involved with teaching that I never left,\u0094 said Hubbard, who called herself a frustrated marine biologist. \u0093But there\u0092s no ocean at Marymount!\u0094 she noted with a laugh.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\nShe taught general biology, anatomy and physiology, endocrinology, life chemistry and senior seminar. By his count, <a href=\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/Home\/Contact-Us\/Directory\/?profileid=153\">Dr. Todd Rimkus<\/a>, professor and chair of the Department of Biology and Physical Sciences, said 10,988 students were in her classrooms over the years.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\n\u0093That is a lot of teaching,\u0094 Rimkus said. \u0093Over the years, I cannot tell you how many times I would see collections of students meeting with Rosemary, mostly nursing students. She would not just spend five minutes with the group. This would be an hour or more and many semesters it was every week.\u0094<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\nIf the need arose, he said any regional hospital she might visit would likely have a well-prepared Marymount University nurse who would go out of his or her way to help Hubbard.<\/p>\n<p>Changes<br \/>\nDuring Hubbard\u0092s time on campus, Marymount has grown into a comprehensive, coeducational university serving approximately 3,600 undergraduate and graduate students.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\n\u0093The transitions were very smooth because they were all well-planned,\u0094 she said. \u0093When we went coed, there weren\u0092t a lot of bumps in the road. It was a very natural change.\u0094<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\nShe remembered Sister Majella as \u0093very quiet but very strong.\u0094 And she praised outgoing President Matthew Shank for always being accessible to both students and faculty.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\n\u0093We\u0092ve been very fortunate over the years, with the changes and the leadership,\u0094 she said. \u0093The big thing is that the president has never been separated from the faculty, and that\u0092s really important. They were never just somebody you passed by and didn\u0092t know. They also knew a lot of students and got a lot of feedback about how things were going.\u0094<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\nA big change from the early years is that Marymount is now a much more diverse place.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\n\u0093Early on at different times we had students from South America, but now we have a real mix from many different countries,\u0094 she said. During the past academic year students came from more than 70 countries and 39 states.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\n\u0093We also have a lot of first generation students whose parents were immigrants,\u0094 she said. \u0093They are very motivated and great to work with and everyone gets along.\u0094<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\nShe also said Marymount students are now more financially diverse than in the past, when student loans and aid were not as readily available. It\u0092s also more religiously diverse, though one thing that hasn\u0092t changed is Marymount\u0092s Catholic identity.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\n\u0093Everyone could always see what we stand for,\u0094 she said. \u0093We have a goal and we have a mission and we\u0092ve always made that clear.\u0094<\/p>\n<p>The \u0091recidivist dean\u0092<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/Home\/Contact-Us\/Directory\/?profileid=853\">Dr. Liane Summerfield<\/a>, professor and director of Marymount\u0092s Health Education and Promotion Graduate Program, has known Hubbard for 38 years.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\n\u0093Although Rosemary and I did not teach in the same school, we ate lunch together frequently and served on many of the same committees,\u0094 said Summerfield. \u0093She always does her homework and comes to committee meetings totally prepared; she\u0092s a great listener; and she respects others\u0092 ideas.\u00a0 As a friend, she\u0092s lots of fun to hang around with! She truly embodies the notion of a \u0091colleague\u0092 \u0097 helpful, caring, available, encouraging.\u0094<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\nHubbard served as dean of the School of Arts and Sciences from 1990 to 2000, then returned to the faculty. She said being an administrator was a very different job, with longer hours but she was glad to have done it.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\n\u0093The faculty was really supportive and cooperative,\u0094 she said. \u0093I learned a lot about the faculty and it was a very positive experience.\u0094<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\nFive years ago she served as interim dean of the Malek School of Health Professions for six months.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\n\u0093It was a totally different school, but that worked out all right,\u0094 she said. \u0093I was able to run it without feeling I was just sitting there. We kept things moving.\u0094<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\nA few years later she filled in as interim dean of Arts and Sciences.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\n\u0093They called me the recidivist dean,\u0094 she said.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\n\u0093Because Rosemary has served in so many roles and because she\u0092s been one of those people who steps up and serves on committees or task forces or whatever else is needed, she has had a tremendous impact on Marymount students, faculty, staff, programs and services,\u0094 Summerfield said. \u0093She has been a wonderful mentor to faculty and students, particularly women in science. She has fostered collaboration between faculty and students in the different schools \u0097 who else could have been supported as interim dean of a school in which she didn\u0092t teach and wasn\u0092t tenured?\u0094<\/p>\n<p>Close-knit faculty\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\nHubbard has been granted the title professor emerita of biology, effective Aug. 20. She said she will miss the daily interaction with her Marymount family, but plans to return often. The faculty is very close, she said, and in the early days was even closer.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\n\u0093We had free parking, a free hour at lunch and free lunch,\u0094 she said. \u0093We all ate together and the faculty really bonded. The younger faculty, when we had kids, our kids all knew each other.\u0094<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\nHubbard has three adult children, all born while she was at Marymount.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\n\u0093In those days there was no leave,\u0094 she said. \u0093I had my first child in August and went back to teach when the semester started.\u0094<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\nMore faculty members lived in Arlington then, before the area grew drastically and real estate prices soared. Before downsizing to a condominium in McLean, she lived in Arlington for more than 40 years, which made it easy to go home for a few hours and come back for a variety of campus activities.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\n\u0093It was such a good group to work with,\u0094 she said. \u0093Never once in all my years there did I think, \u0091I don\u0092t want to go to work.\u0092 I\u0092ll miss the people, and just knowing everyone on campus. There\u0092s always someone you can talk to and always someone you can help. But I\u0092ll still be engaged with Marymount, especially my department.\u0094<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\nMarymount University is an independent, coeducational Catholic university offering bachelor\u0092s, master\u0092s, and doctoral degrees in a wide range of disciplines. For more information, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/\">marymount.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\nPhoto captions<br \/>\nPhoto 1<br \/>\nDr. Rosemary Hubbard carrying the mace of Marymount at this year\u0092s Recognition &#038; Awards Day during commencement weekend. She has retired after 50 years of service to the University.<\/p>\n<p>Photo 2<br \/>\nDr. Rosemary Hubbard in the 1970s.<\/p>\n<p>Photo 3<br \/>\nDr. Hubbard\u00a0taught general biology, anatomy and physiology, endocrinology, life chemistry and senior seminar.<\/p>\n<p>Photo 4<br \/>\nMarymount\u0092s third president, Sister M. Majella Berg, RSHM, taught Hubbard that every student had potential and their mission was to help them reach that potential.<\/p>\n<p>Photo 5<br \/>\nDr. Hubbard served twice as the dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, and for a six-month period, as dean of the Malek School of Health Professions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having finished her Ph.D. at Georgetown University, Dr. Rosemary Hubbard interviewed with Marymount University\u0092s then president, Sister M. Majella Berg, RSHM. 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