Lincoln Institute of Health Sciences

I’m Loris Alexander-Rechter.

I studied Occupational Therapist immediately after finishing school. Dulcie Goode was the Director of Occupational Therapy at Toorak College, where I studied. She had learning and experience with both men and women who had survived appalling situations during World War 2.

After her wartime experience, Dulcie started a School of Occupational Therapy, briefly in Prahran and then moved it to an extensive old property in Toorak, where it flourished and attracted about 30 students per year, with a programme of physical anatomy, psychology, multiple activities, and clinical work.  

I joined the staff of the School of Occupational Therapy following my graduation.  Dulcie Goode later invited me to accompany her to a meeting with Pat Cosh, founder andDirector of the School of Physiotherapy. This meeting led to the formation of Lincoln Institute, the first college of Health Sciences to exist in Australia.

A little later I enrolled at Melbourne University for studies in psychology. I became a clinical psychologist and private practitioner. I was married to Bernard Rechter, a clever and unique man whom I loved and respected.


I worked in the School of Occupational Therapy at the Lincoln Institute.