Katherine A. Lord ‘89
Major: Government
Profession: Commercial Account Executive at Chittenden Insurance Group, Burlington, VT

Member of the Alumni Executive Council.

Katherine A. Lord says she loved traveling even before she came to St. Lawrence. After she discovered that St. Lawrence offered a wide variety of options in international study programs, she couldn’t let the opportunity to travel some more pass her by. Katherine went to Japan and, although living there wasn’t always easy, she had the time of her life.

“Japan was the place where I learned some of the most important life lessons,” she says, “It took time to adjust to the language, the new culture and a totally different lifestyle. Everything from food to social interactions was different from what I was used to. When you are put in such circumstances, you learn to be patient and more accepting of other people. You learn to look at everything from a philosophical point of view. After I came back to St. Lawrence my outlook on many things changed completely. I started appreciating things that I took for granted before my semester in Japan.”

To expose herself to diversity on campus Katherine moved into the International House. She enjoyed getting to know different cultures through her interactions with international students. “I had an amazing time while living in the I-House,” she says, “The place was full of people from such different backgrounds and with such different lifestyles that it could never get boring. I developed a strong friendship with my roommate, a girl from Finland , and we still keep in touch.”