After 67 years working with students, one of NACAC’s most experienced members has stepped away from the desk.
Lillian Orlich retired last month from her position as a counselor at Osbourn High School in Manassas, Virginia. She spent all but three years of her career serving students in the Manassas area, first as a teacher and then as a counselor.
“Her former students and counselees became doctors, lawyers, accountants, and landscapers,” according The Washington Post. “Manassas City Major Hal Parrish was in her social studies course in the late 1960s. NBA legend David Robinson checked into her office in the early 1980s.”
Through the years, 89-year-old Orlich served generations of families, “sometimes helping the grandchildren of students she counseled early in her career,” the Post noted.
“I just love what I do,” Orlich told the paper. “I’m going to miss everything about this job. Everything.”
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