Alice Dougan, long-time Grail member, died Monday, February 12, 2018, at Sanctuary Pointe Nursing Center in Cincinnati where she had been a resident for the past year. A Memorial Mass, with Father George Wilson, will be held Saturday, March 10, 10a.m. in the Grailville Oratory, 931 OBannonville Road, Loveland, Ohio 45140. Memorial gifts may be made to The Grail at same address. Born on August 15, 1930, in Cleveland, Ohio, she joined the Grail in 1956 inspired by the possibility of serving in Africa. Alice earned a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry from Western Reserve University (now Case Western University) in 1956, and a certificate in Community Development from the University of Missouri. In 1979 she obtained an MBA from the University of Cincinnati. In 1975 Grail members were invited to write something about themselves for a publication that would have short bios and a photo of members: Write about yourselfsighagain? One of the reasons that that isnt so easy is that Im not really sure which of my various selves will come/go to the GA [General Assembly]. It might be the pilgrim and strangerwho still hears things in relation to East Africaso very often doesnt really know whats going on. It might be the serious, hard-working methat really likes balancing the bookswhen they balance. Or it might be the day-dreamer methat would rather retreat from reality into a detective story or science fiction. In the summer of 1956 I came to a professional womens course, met the Grail, met Elizabeth Reid, and six weeks later I was in Brooklyn, at the [Grail] Overseas Institute training to go abroad. I went to Uganda, went again, and againand somehow left pieces of myself behind. My career path has had several turnings. When I met the Grail I was a biochemist. In Uganda I worked mostly as a group worker and a teacher. When I came back to the USA to stay, I did an MBA and became an accountant. Alice spent 13 years in Uganda. She also spent several months in Tanzania focusing on fund raising and six months in Nigeria planning a Grail Pan Africa meeting. In the early 1970s, Alice was a staff member for CEMA [Cultural Exchange Meetings on Africa], spending time at both Cornwall Grail Center and Grailville. After she returned from Africa, Alice served a term as International Treasurer of the Grail and was also Treasurer of the Grail in the U.S. In the mid-1970s she was one of a small group (Eleanor Walker, Ruth Gallant, Alice and Terry Marshall) that proposed the structure of the Link Team and the Lateral Sharing Group and was an integral part of its functioning for many years. Alice was also a member of the Grails Connections Team. Alice spent a number of years as treasurer for MDI (Management Design Institute). She retired in 1997 as financial manager for the [then] Sisters of St. Joseph of Medaille in Cincinnati.

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Saturday, March 10, 2018 10:00 AM Grailville Oratory 931 O'Bannonville Road Loveland 45140, United States