Dr. Diana N. Lockard was a dedicated Board of Trustee member who conscientiously made decisions based on the welfare of students, member of the Board of Trustee, Patricia Rasmussen said in an email to a Clarion reporter on May 4.
“She loved Citrus College and served the district of Claremont, as the city’s representative, in an exemplary way,” Rasmussen said, who had “tremendous respect” for her.
Lockard died at 95 of natural causes on March 22, Perri said in an email to all staff on May 1.
Perri said Lockard was a member of the Citrus College District Board of Trustees in June 1981 until the end of her term in November 1999. She served three terms as the president of the Board of Trustees and as the representative to the Citrus College Foundation Board of Directors and Executive Board.
Susan M. Keith, the vice president of the Citrus Community College Board of Trustees said in Perri’s email Lockard served Claremont well and fondly remembers her as a “very smart woman.”
“She had such an interesting and varied career,” Keith said.
Keith said Lockard was “a woman ahead of her time” because to have a woman achieve all that she did during her time was rare.
Perri said Lockard was “most proud” of the number of students who declared their academic goal was to transfer and that the college offered 30 different vocational programs.
Perri also said during Lockard’s time at Citrus College, the Olympic-sized pool was installed with access to disabled people and launching the Distance Education program, a program that offers technical support like tutoring, library resources, counseling, the bookstore and the previously used Blackboard system support, now Canvas for face-to-face courses.
Joseph Harvey, former president of the Academic Senate Council gave a gift with a resolution during the time of her retirement from Citrus College in November 1988, the Academic Senate Council minutes said on Dec. 8, 1999.
Harvey said the Council commends Lockard’s 18-year dedicated service on the Board, for considering faculty and students in her decisions.
Lockard served as president on the California Community College Trustee Board during the 1989 to 1990 school year, as vice president from 1988 to 1989 and second vice president from 1987 to 1988, Perri said.
Lockard received her BA at Smith College in 1946, her MA at Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in Higher Education from the Claremont Graduate University.
She later became the first dean at Pitzer College from 1867 to 1977, where she helped the school establish its first residential student program, a substance-abuse intervention program for teens living in residential facilities. Lockard also served as the executive director of California Concerns, an organization of women in higher education that promoted women to seek leadership positions at Southern California Colleges and universities.
Perri said Lockard was predeceased by her husband Edward W. Malan and will be remembered by her many friends. The Citrus College Community provides its deepest condolences to Lockard’s loved ones, friends and to those who worked beside her, Perri said.
