Christina Lochman Balk Professor Emerita of Geology

(from El Defensor Chieftain Obituaries -- March 11, 2006)
LOCHMAN BALK — Christina Lochman Balk, 98, of Santa Fe died on March 8, 2006. She was born in Springfield, Ill. on October 8, 1907. She received her PhD in Paleontology from Johns Hopkins University. She taught at Mount Holyoke College in Holyoke, MA and the University of Chicago. She and her husband Robert Balk moved to Socorro, NM in 1952 to join the faculty at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology where she taught and acted as Dean of Women. She retired to Santa Fe in 1993 where she has resided at Ponce de Leon Retirement Community. The family asks that memorial contributions be directed to the Balk Scholarship at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro, NM. The family would like to thank, the staff at Ponce de Leon Assisted Living Dept., and Odyssey HealthCare of Santa Fe. Cremation has taken place and private family services are planned. Arrangements by McGee Memorial Chapel, 1320 Luisa St., Santa Fe, 983-9151.

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