Legacy Project
Article by Archivist Br. Lawrence Stewart

September 6th

Brother Ronald Charles LaLonde, C.S.C.

Ronald was born in Detroit, MI and graduated from Catholic schools there. He worked at Timken Detroit Axle Company and then joined the U.S. Army and served in Korea from 1952-1954. He returned to work again at Timken Company and then joined the Brothers, entering Watertown, WI, in 1955. After his novitiate year, he studied at St. Edward's University in Austin, TX. He joined the faculty at Cathedral High School in Indianapolis, IN, where he taught for a total of 10 years on two occasions. He also taught at St. Joseph High School in South Bend, IN, for a year and then at Catholic Central High School in Monroe, MI, where he served for a total of 18 years.

His primary teaching area was English and his interests and talent were involvement with student activities mainly as a moderator and organizer. In 1987 he joined the faculty of Gabriel Richard High School in Riverview, MI where he taught for 13 years and also assumed roles of guidance counselor and director of attendance. Medical reasons led to his retirement at Schubert Villa at Notre Dame in 2000. Ronald was a congenial, fun-loving teacher, moderator of many student groups in the schools he served and an exemplary religious person in the community in which he resided.