Greenville College Senior Alicia Loch Receives Maxwell Award
Published: April 13, 2021
Senior pre-med student Alicia Loch received the Maxwell award at the twentieth annual Richard W. Maxwell Memorial Lecture. The lecture, given for those interested in the field of medicine, was presented by Greenville Regional Hospital Doctor and Visiting Scholar to the Human Anatomy Cadaver Lab in the Biology Department at Greenville College, Dr. Kelsey Hopkins.
Alicia Loch, of Granite City, IL, will attend medical school at A. T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine to pursue a career in medicine. She will graduate with honors from Greenville College May 27th, 2012.
The Richard W. Maxwell Memorial Award was established to encourage academic excellence and pursuit of careers in the profession of medicine. An award is given annually to a senior pre-medical student of Greenville College. The dean and faculty select the recipient based on academic excellence and need.
Dr. Richard Wesley Maxwell, a 1932 graduate of Greenville College, received the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1980 for his outstanding accomplishments in the field of medicine. Dr. Maxwell graduated in medicine from the University of Chicago in 1936 and then interned in St. Louis at the old City Hospital No. 1. After completing his residency in Internal Medicine, he was made Superintendent and Medical Director of the old St. Louis Contagious Hospital. In 1940 he was given a fellowship in Gastroenterology at Washington University School of Medicine, and later and Instructorship. In 1946, the American Board of Internal Medicine certified him in internal medicine. Dr. Maxwell served on the staff of Barnes Hospital for over 40 years and in 1984 became professor emeritus. He was also on the staff of St. Luke's Hospital.
The Maxwell Award was established in 1992 by Dorothea Andrews Maxwell in memory of her husband Richard W. Maxwell. On March 25, 2003 Mrs. Maxwell passed away in Palos Park, IL. The family of Dr. and Mrs. Maxwell continue to support this award.
Greenville College is a four-year accredited Christian liberal arts school with more than 1500 traditional undergraduate, graduate, and adult degree completion students. Founded in 1892 and affiliated with the Free Methodist Church, the college is located in Greenville, Illinois, 45 miles east of St. Louis.
