Alba Biagini
Alba
Biagini, SM’47, a high-school teacher, died May 21 in Calumet
Heights, IL. She was 79. Biagini graduated from South Chicago’s
Bowen
High School, where she taught biology for most of her life. She earned
her undergraduate degree from the Chicago Teachers College and in the
1950s completed a teacher’s training fellowship in England. In
the 1960s she was a human-relations coordinator for the Chicago Public
Schools, directing efforts to desegregate her school district. An arts
enthusiast, Biagini hosted theatrical rehearsals in her home and
contributed to Chicago cultural institutions.
~~~from University of Chicago Alumni News, October 2003