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1960s Dr. Annelle Brown Tanner, 69N, is the Louisiana Nurse of the Year for 2006. The Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Organizations also named her a Louisiana Heroine for 2006 for coordinating United Way efforts to assist evacuees of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Last but not least, Annelle was inducted as president of the Nu Tau Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society. 1970s Cynthia Leahy Belcher, 71N, retired in May 2006 as Assistant Professor of Nursing from Clemson University after 35 years of service. Andrea (Andy) Lewyn Kravovsky, 76N, and Robin Burch Domm, 81N, worked at Camp Seafarer in Arapohoe, NC, a YMCA sailing camp for 650 girls. They served as nurse practitioners in the health clinic there last summer. They worked at the camp with friend and colleague Judy Carson, 76B. Dr. Susan Sweat Gunby, 77N, dean and professor at Georgia Baptist College of Nursing at Mercer University in Atlanta, received the National Student Nurses Association Leader of Leaders Award at the April 2006 annual meeting. Sponsored by Elsevier Publishing, the award recognizes distinguished support and service to nursing students. |
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1980s Mary Elizabeth "Mimi" Jenko, 81N, published "Transcultural Nursing Principles: An Application to Hospice Care" in the May-June 2006 issue of the Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing. Mimi is a clinical nurse specialist with the Watson Clinic in Lakeland, FL. Captain Kitty MacFarlane, 81N, 92MSN-MPH, received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to study women's health resources and health care issues in Afghanistan. A nurse-midwife and member of the U.S. Public Health Service, Kitty regularly travels to Afghanistan. She currently serves with CDC's Division of Reproductive Health. Dr. Ganga Mahat, 87MSN, a clinical associate professor at Rutgers College of Nursing at the State University of New Jersey, recently published two articles. "HIV/AIDS Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs Among Nepalese Adolescents" was published in the March 2006 issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing. "Nepalese School-age Children's Self-Reported Fears and Coping Strategies" appeared in the Spring 2006 edition of the Journal of Cultural Diversity. Lucy C. Willis, 87MSN-MPH, was elected to a three-year term on the executive board of the South Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution. |
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1990s Born: To Beth Young Hew, 91OX, 93N, and husband, Maurice, a daughter, Sarah Elizabeth, on July 23, 2006. She joins big brother Joshua. Dr. Diane Padden, 94MSN, received a PhD in nursing from The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, in May. Dr. Padden is an assistant professor at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD. She also serves as acting chair of the Department of Health, Injury, and Disease Management. Additionally, Dr. Padden was awarded the Janet Rexrode Southby Prize in Nursing Research for her study on the health and well-being of women separated from active-duty military spouses during deployment. Born: To Jenna Culbertson Carpinello, 98MSN-MPH, and her husband, Chris, a son, Joshua Logan, on April 14, 2006. Born: To Jennifer Grass Durbin, 98N, 98MPH, and husband, Randy, 97MPH, a daughter, Joanna, on Nov. 18, 2005. She joins her siblings, Audrey and Riley. |
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2000s Laura E. Gallagher, 00MSN, received the Palmetto Gold Award from the South Carolina Nurses' Association. She is a clinical nurse specialist in emergency services at the Medical University of South Carolina. Born: To Alison Walter Kyle, 00N, and her husband, David, their first child, Margaret Katharine ("Maggie"), on April 20, 2006. Alison currently works as a family nurse practitioner at the Ponce de Leon Center in midtown Atlanta. Part of the Grady Health System, the Ponce Center provides primary care and chronic disease management services for HIV/AIDS patients. Married: Erin Toburen, 02N, and John Burkhalter on Sept. 9, 2006 at Mount Vernon Baptist Church in Atlanta. She is a clinical consultant with Welch Allyn. Emily Mason, 04N, is the new clinical director at the Feminist Women's Health Center in Atlanta. The nonprofit organization caters to the reproductive health needs of women throughout the Southeast. Emily oversees operations at the Cliff Valley Clinic in DeKalb County, which includes the departments of reproductive medicine, gynecology and wellness services, research, and community outreach. Emily also was named an Outstanding Atlanta Honoree for 2006. Outstanding Atlanta honors leadership and community service in Atlantans between the ages of 21-36 who live or work in metro Atlanta and have distiniguished themselves in their careers or by community service. She was recognized along with nine others at the 38th Annual Outstanding Atlanta Awards in the Georgia-Pacific Auditorium in November. Amy Parker, 05MSN-MPH, recently co-authored a study on the 2005 measles outbreak in Indiana that was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Parker joined the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS), a little known division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention responsible for solving public health puzzles, after graduation. The EIS is a premiere training and service assignment in epidemiology. IN MEMORIAM 1930s Sudie Nolan-Baker, 32N, on March 12, 2006, at 98. She was one of the original four visiting nurses in the Atlanta area and one of the original members of the March of Dimes collections campaigns in DeKalb County. She also served as director of the Central Presbyterian Baby Clinic for 25 years. Survivors include a daughter, Barbara J. Nolan. |
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1940s Miriam "Mim" Virginia Smith Egolf, 43N, of Franklin, TN, on March 16, 2006, at 74. Mary Ann Beall, 45N, of Tampa, FL, on May 28, 2006, at 83. She retired from Willis A. Smith, Inc., after 29 years of service and was one of the original founders of Gulf Contracting, Inc. She is survived by her daughter and son. Jane Murphy Fielder, 45N, of Half Moon Bay, CA, on Oct. 20, 2005, of ovarian cancer. Wilma Cross DePaz, 46N, of Bluffton, SC, on Oct. 7, 2005, at 80. Survivors include a daughter, two sons, a brother, a sister, two grandsons, and one granddaughter. Joan A. Jackson, 46N, of Elberton, GA, died March 21, 2006. She is survived by her husband, James. Barbara G. Moss, 46N, of Richmond, VA, on October 6, 2006, at 81. She served as a nurse to her husband, Dr. John Langdon Moss, Sr., for most of her career. She was a long time member of the Seventh Street Christian Church, the Tuckahoe Women's Club, and the Richmond Academy of Medicine Auxillary. She is survived by her four children and two grandchildren. Patricia Ann Waller Chambers, 47N, of East Point, GA, on Nov. 30, 2006. She worked as a registered nurse for 40 years in the newborn nursery at Georgia Baptist Hospita in Atlanta. She is survived by her three children and eight grandchildren. Janice Sams Cole, 47N, 73MSN, of Fayetteville, GA, on March 31, 2006, at 82. She was a teacher and registered nurse and volunteered at Piedmont Fayette Hospital and at the Christian City Alzheimer's Cottage. She is survivied by her three children and six grandchildren. Barbara Virginia Fox, 47N, of Atlanta, on Oct. 27, 2006, at 79. After graduating from Emory's nursing school, she served as a second lieutenant in the Korean War. Later, she worked at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta and at Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, GA. She is survived by her husband, Lionel, three children, and five granddaughters. Mary Louise Deaton Strickland, 47N, of Decatur, GA, on July 20, 2006, at 79. A graduate of Oviedo High School in Florida before graduating from Emory's nursing school, she taught nursing at Miami-Dade Junior College. Survivors include three daughters, three sons, six grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. Betty G. Eubanks, 48N, on April 13, 2005, at 77. Peggy S. Caldwell, 49N, of Augusta, GA, on August 13, 2006, at 78. Her last nursing assignment was as the assistant to her husband in his surgical practice before they both retired in 1990. She served as a hospice volunteer and was a member of the Richmond County Medical Society Alliance, where she founded the Physician Wellness Fund. Surivivors include five sons and two daughters. 1950s Betty Pilcher Spence, 51N, of Albany, GA, on March 12, 2006, at 75. She pursued her nursing career at Emory University Hospital and at St. Mary's and Athens Regional hospitals in Athens. After her family moved to Albany, she worked at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital and was an instructor for the practical nursing class at Albany Vocational School. She founded a program in Albany to fight drug abuse among teens and young adults. She also chaired the Georgia Council Against Drug Abuse during the administrations of Governors Jimmy Carter and George Busbee. Survivors include her husband, C. Norman Spence, two daughters, two grandchildren, and a sister. Helen S. Smith, 52N, of Cartersville, GA, on July 29, 2006, at 74. She is survived by her husband, Carl. Aileen S. Prevost, 57N, of Anderson, SC, on July 29, 2005, at 81. Survivors include her husband, William. Jean Ray, 57N, of Andalusia, AL, on Jan. 8, 2006. Survi-vors include her daughter, Carissa Ray. Elizabeth G. Green, 58N, of Chattanooga, TN, on Jan. 22, 2006. She taught medical and surgical nursing, beginning at Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga. She was known for a lifetime of service in nursing and for her legendary teaching methods at Chattanooga State Technical Community College. She joined the faculty at Chattanooga State after the Erlanger nursing program closed in the 1970s. Patricia Ann Hardman, 59N, of Atlanta, GA, on Sept. 9, 2006, at 69. After earning her nursing degree at Emory, she completed advanced classes at Columbia University in New York to become a rehabilitation nursing specialist. She then joined Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, where she worked for 30 years as a rehab nursing specialist until she retired in 1992. She also served as a member of the United States Air Force Reserve, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel before her retirement from the reserve in 1996. As an Air Force officer, she performed a variety of nursing and supervisory duties and taught nursing classes. She earned the Air Force Meritorious Service Award and was appointed to the Dobbins Air Force Base Advisory Council as an officer representative from the 94th TAC Hospital. Patricia was appointed to the Georgia Workmen Compensation Advisory Board by then Governor Jimmy Carter in 1974, where she was instrumental in the enactment of the Subsequent Injury Fund. She also served on the board of directors of the Georgia chapter of the American Rehabilitation Nurse Association and volunteered at Grady Memorial Hospital. Survivors include a niece and nephew. 1960s Dr. Virginia Murphy Harmeyer, 61MSN, of Valdosta, GA, on March 9, 2006, at 90. An expert in public health and maternal-child nursing, she served as professor and director of the Division of Nursing at Valdosta State University from 1972 to 1981. Prior to serving on the faculty there, she taught at Northwestern Louisiana State College, Southeastern Louisiana College, and Murray State University in Kentucky. She also served as a maternal-child health nursing consultant for the State of Utah Department of Public Health. Early in her career, she was an instructor with the Visiting Nurse Society in Washington, DC, a public health nurse in Lafayette, GA, and a U.S. Navy staff nurse during World War II. Virginia was active in a number of organizations in the Valdosta area and received several service awards, including the Distinguished Senior Georgian from the Georgia General Assembly in 1997 and the Aging Service Award from the South Georgia Council on Aging in 1995. Survivors include two daughters. Reba Hayes, 65N, of Brentwood, TN, on October 23, 2006, at 83. 1970s Helen Rasberry Jones, 70MSN, of Brandon, MO, on Dec. 5, 2005, at 65. Nancy Ruth Luper McInnis, 71MSN, of Pfafftown, NC, on July 27, 2006, at 60. She was an associate professor of nursing at Winston-Salem State University and taught nursing for 37 years. Survivors include her husband, Campbell, a daughter, and a son. Thomas O. Clark, Jr., 72N, of Westwood, AL, on Dec. 2, 2006. Survivors include his wife, Lloyd Clark, and four children. Dr. Katherine L. Momeier, 73N, of Sullivan's Island, SC, on Feb. 9, 2006. She was a graduate of the University of Georgia Veterinary School, where she received the Patricia Lynn Burton Award and the Merck Veterinary Clinical Award. She was active in the American and South Carolina veterinary medical associations and served as secretary of the Trident Veterinary Medical Association. Survivors include two sons, her mother, and a brother. 1980s Gloria Jean McCormick-Davis, 81MSN, 83MPH, of Decatur, GA, on March 6, 2005, at 52. |
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