Isabel Magali Luque-Calero, class of 1957, came from Guayaquil, a port city in Ecuador. From 1937 to 1943, she traveled and lived in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. At Mount Holyoke, she was interested in golf and archery, and her other hobbies included collecting watercolors and water skiing. She majored in Latin American culture and was the president of the Spanish club from 1955 to 1957. In 1957, she married back in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Luque-Calero joined the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. as a docent and, after years of service, became chair of the docents. In 1978, she served as a coordinator at the Hillwood Museum, where she helped develop an educational program. Later in life, she helped establish the Latin American Studies program founded at Mount Holyoke in 1974.
“My first grandchild was born last May. Fortunately, my son and wife Eleanor live in Va., so we see each other most weeks. My other son lives in Boston. I stopped working last year. I am blessed with my sons and good friends. Life has been good to me. I wish my husband were still alive. It has been 10 years.” –Class note by Isabel Magali Luque-Calero, class of 1957, Mount Holyoke Alumnae Quarterly, Winter 1996.