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A native of Auburn NY, Dr. Bates earned her BA at Smith College in 1949, then completed medical studies and residency training at Cornell University Medical College in New York City. She practiced as an internist for four years in Greenwich, Connecticut before academic colleagues recruited her to help form the faculty and programs of the new University of Kentucky College of Medicine, where they hoped to improve the quality of medical care as well as provide more health care professionals for the under served Appalachian region. This move began a long career focused on improving the quality and distribution of health care through patient care, teaching, interdisciplinary innovations, research and writing. After six years in Kentucky, Dr. Bates moved to the University of Rochester to oversee education of physicians in ambulatory medicine and to participate in the Rochester Regional Medical Care Program in Western New York. She traveled throughout rural counties to ensure that newer concepts in medical and health care were available to the people of the area.

While at Rochester, Barbara Bates gained national and international recognition as an outstanding Professor of Medicine and an activist in interdisciplinary health care. In the late 1960s she helped conceive and develop the then new role of nurse practitioner, working to improve public access to health care by encouraging greater collaboration between physicians and nurses and expanded practice opportunities for nurses. Her best known book, A Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking, first published in 1974, and continuing under her direction for seven editions, became, and still is, the leading text in its field, published in eleven languages. Her expertise in diagnosis, ability to help novices comprehend the skills of examination and clinical thinking, and influence on improving education for health professionals are probably her most enduring contributions.

In 1976, Dr. Bates joined another innovative medical school, The University of Missouri at Kansas City, which was inaugurating a six year post high school program intended to supply physicians for rural Missouri. There, she served as Senior Docent and Professor for two years.

A long standing interest in the history of medicine and health care led her to complete a masters degree in history at the University of Kansas in 1981. She began researching the history of patients' experiences of tuberculosis, the leading cause of death at the turn of the twentieth century, thereby earning a second master's degree at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1992 she published her award winning study, Bargaining For Life, A Social History of Tuberculosis, 1876-1938. From 1980, until she retired in 1996, Dr Bates held faculty positions at the University of Pennsylvania Schools of Medicine and Nursing and at the Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University. An active member of the Section on Medical History at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, she chaired the section for three years.

Her scholarly honors include admission to Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma XI in 1949 and the medical honor society Alpha Omega Alpha in 1952. A 1961 Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, Dr. Bates was made Fellow of the American College of Physicians in 1970. She became a Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in 1982. Smith College awarded her its Smith College Medal in 1980. In 1984, she received the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Award for Outstanding Contributions to Education. And, in 1993, the American Association for the History of Nursing awarded her the Lavinia L. Dock Award for Historical Scholarship and Research.

An ardent gardener, bird watcher and hiker, Dr. Bates spent nearly all of her free time outdoors. She enjoyed and supported the rich horticultural opportunities of the Delaware Valley, especially Tyler Arboretum and Jenkins Arboretum. An equally avid fan of opera, she was a long time supporter of the Opera Company of Philadelphia. Her long standing interest in health care history led her to become a major benefactor for the Center for the Study of the History of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania.

Barbara Bates is survived by her friend, Joan E. Lynaugh of Bryn Mawr, PA, her brother, Dr. Alfred Kelly Bates and sister-in-law Frances, of Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, her brother-in-law, Richard Marshall of Auburn, N.Y., nephews Kelly Bates, Peter Marshall and John Marshall, nieces Eliza Bates, Frances Bates, Hilary Anguita-Bates and Nancy Kohler, and friends Jane Knox of Pittsburgh, PA, Gloria Hagopian of Naples, Florida, Neville Strumpf of Philadelphia, and Karen Buhler-Wilkerson of Philadelphia. She will be missed by many close colleagues in medicine and nursing, and remembered by her many hundreds of former medical and nursing students.

Donations in Barbara Bates' memory may be made to the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania or to the Hospice of the Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Philadelphia.

VERN L. BULLOUGH, PhD, DSci (honorary), RN FAAN

Vern was an early mover and shaker of AAHN. He and his late wife Bonnie were the first editors of the AAHN Bulletin, editing ("without appointment, just filling in a need") from 1983-86. Their choice in articles set the standard for subsequent years.

Vern also spearheaded the three volumes of American Nursing: A Biographical Dictionary, which will serve as a reference for decades to come. These volumes helped humanize the founders of the nursing profession.
Together with Bonnie, he also authored The Emergence of Modern Nursing, Issues in Nursing, and New Directions in Nursing.

While we know him best for his work in nursing history, he was first a medical historian, earning his PhD in 1954. He did not become a nurse until 1981.

But he had other distingushed careers in medical history, humanism and sexology.

With 54 books, a multitude of publications, positions on editorial review boards, and honors too numerous to list, we knew only one part of this fascinating person. He claimed he was most proud of his 49 year marriage to Bonnie and their five children.

Since his "retirement" in 2004 Vern had been writing and lecturing. Vern is survived by his wife Gwen Brewer and his children, daughter, Susan, three sons, James Bullough-Latsch, Steven Bullough and Michel Hayworth, and a grandchild, Jamie Bullough-Latsch.

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Josephine A Dolan
July 27, 1913 - December 4, 2004

Jo Dolan was a long time AAHN member. Her personal collection is the basis of the The Archives of Nursing Leadership at the University of Connecticut.

The University of Connecticut School of Nursing respectfully invites all to attend a Celebration of the Life of Josephine A. Dolan on Sunday, April 3, 2005. A Memorial Service with Mass will be held at 2:00pm at the St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel located on 46 N. Eagleville Rd. The School of Nursing will be holding an Open Reception from 11am to 1:45 pm and from 3 pm to 5 pm offering individuals an opportunity to tour the Josephine A. Dolan Room, reminisce, and rejoice in the many contribution Dr. Dolan made to the nursing profession. The School of Nursing is pleased to be able to pay tribute to the first professor of the School of Nursing, Dr. Josephine A. Dolan, during the 100th Anniversary of Storrs Hall. Please save the date and share this information with individuals who you feel would be interested in attending.

Memorial gifts for Josephine A. Dolan should be made payable to the UConn Foundation and sent to the University of Connecticut Foundation 2390 Alumni Drive Unit 3206 Storrs, Connecticut 06269. Please indicate the Josephine A. Dolan fund on your check. The Josephine A. Dolan Fund (#22089) is a restricted (non endowed fund) which exists for the maintenance, promotion and development of the Dolan Room and/or the nursing history collection at the School of Nursing.

Josephine Dolan, Nursing School s First Instructor, Dies at Age 91
By Sherry Fisher

The UConn Advance printed Josephine A. Dolan's obituary on December 13, 2004, it is copied below for reference.

Josephine A. Dolan, professor emeritus of nursing, died Dec. 4 at age 91.

Dolan, of Westborough, Mass., joined the UConn faculty in 1944. She was the first instructor in the School of Nursing, where she taught for more than 35 years.

Dolan was a nurse historian who built a national reputation through the quality of her contributions to nursing education and scholarship. She was the author of the history text about nursing in society.

Laura Dzurec, dean of the School of Nursing, was one of Dolan s students. Being in the presence of Josephine Dolan always inspired me, Dzurec says. The effect she had on us as students was powerful and kind. Each year when our reunion classes return to campus, they give testimony about how Jo deeply changed their lives.

Dzurec added, She integrated many of us over the years into nursing, helping us to learn why we had chosen this challenging path. We are deeply saddened by Jo s passing, knowing still that she died as she lived, with quiet dignity and choice. I will miss her, as will all of us who knew her well.

Eleanor Herrmann, a professor emerita of nursing, says Dolan inspired many to attain greater achievements in academia and in the nursing profession.

Her impact will continue to be felt through her donation of her extensive collection of nursing history documents to the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, and her unparalleled collection of nursing history artifacts to the Josephine A. Dolan Room in the School of Nursing, Herrmann says.

Dolan received her initial education in nursing from St. John s Hospital, Lowell, Mass., receiving a diploma in 1935. She earned her bachelor s degree in nursing from Boston University in 1942, and her master s from there in 1950.

Throughout her career, Dolan was an outspoken advocate for promoting, preserving, and teaching nursing history. She was an active member of the University community and served on many University committees.

The University established the Museum of Nursing History in her name, using her collection of nursing artifacts, books, and documents. In 2003, a former student established a nursing school in Katmandu, Nepal, naming it the Josephine A. Dolan School of Nursing.

Dolan was a member of the Connecticut State Board of Examiners for Nursing (1951-56); the Connecticut League for Nursing, serving on its board of directors (1964-67, 1977-79) and as its president (1967-69); the Connecticut Nurses Association, serving on its board of directors (1960-62); the National League for Nursing, serving on the board of directors (1969-72); and Sigma Theta Tau, the national honor society of nursing, serving as national chair of the nominating committee (1977-80) and president of the Mu Chapter at UConn (1962-65).

Dolan is survived by her brother, Thomas Dolan and his wife, Claire. A sister, Mary, died in 1983.

Effie I. Graham, Ph.D.

Effie I. Graham, Ph.D. Long time AAHN member Effie Graham died Sept. 23, 2003.

She graduated from Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing in 1945; she received her bachelor's degree from the University of Washington in 1949, her master's degree from the University of Colorado in 1959 and her doctorate from Boston University in 1972.

She entered the U.S. Army and served as a lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps during World War II. She was acting director of the Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing and assistant director for the U.S. Public Health Service Practical Nurse Program at Mt. Edgecumbe, Sitka, Alaska. She was the first professional staff person of the Alaska State Board of Nursing.

Dr. Graham was coordinator of the nursing program at Anchorage Community College. She was also assistant dean of the branch campus of the University of Chicago at Rockford, Ill., dean of the baccalaureate program of Nursing at Alaska Methodist University and professor of nursing at the University of Alaska Anchorage.

She was awarded the Mildred Berry Award for Education in 1982 and the DeLapp Excellence Award in 1997 from Theta Omicron Chapter of Sigma Theta in recognition of her Alaska contributions to nursing.

She had written a number of books, the most recent, "With a Dauntless Spirit: Alaska Nursing in Dog-Team Days."

Lucile Petry Leone

97, Recruiter of Nurses During World War II
By WILLIAM H. HONAN

Lucile Petry Leone, the founding director of the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps, which recruited more than 100,000 young women to study nursing and helped spare the country of the need to draft nurses in World War II, died Nov. 25 at an assisted-living center in San Francisco. She was 97.

As early as the summer of 1941, months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, there was talk in Washington that it might be necessary to conscript nurses to care for the inevitable high number of casualties there would be should the United States become engaged in a major war.

A less radical alternative -- and a much more politically acceptable one – was temporarily agreed upon. The U.S. Public Health Service would start a program to attract young women at schools throughout the country into nursing. Lucile Petry, a teacher at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing, was chosen to initiate the program.

Two years later, after the United States was at war in both Europe and Asia, Ms. Leone founded and directed the Cadet Nurse Corps, a more formal effort to start women on a path to nursing. The program, authorized by Congress in 1943, offered to cover the cost of a candidate's tuition, fees, room and board, books, monthly stipends and snappy navy-style uniforms.

In exchange, said Ellen Schell, a nursing historian based in San Francisco, candidates had to "promise to participate in essential military or civilian nursing for as long as the war lasted."

The Cadet Nurse Corps proved a success, meeting its recruitment quotas in 1943 and 1944 and outstripping them in the final year of the war, when there were 112,000 cadets in the program. As a consequence, the United States never had to draft nurses into the armed services during the war.

Explaining the success of the Cadet Nurse Corps, Ms. Leone told an interviewer in 1945: "We had a saleable package from the beginning. The girls immediately liked the idea of being able to combine war service with professional education for the future."

She also gave credit to the organization's slogan, "Custodians of the Crises of Life."

In 1949, Ms. Leone became the first woman to direct a division of the U.S. Public Health Service, the Division of Nurse Education. Her rank was equivalent to that of an admiral.

"In that capacity," said Zina Mirsky, assistant dean for administration at the School of Nursing of the University of California at San Francisco, "she established the role of nursing in the federal government -- a presence that still exists."

Ms. Leone retired from government service in 1966 and went on to teach nursing and serve as associate dean at Texas Women's University. She retired again in 1971.

Lucile Petry, the only child of a high school principal and his wife, was born on Jan. 23, 1902, in Frog Heaven, in Preble County, Ohio. She was reared in Selbyville, Del., and after graduating from the University of Delaware in 1924, she received advanced degrees at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing in 1927 and Columbia Teachers College in 1929. She taught at the Yale School of Nursing and the University of Minnesota School of Nursing before being summoned to Washington. Ms. Leone's marriage to Nicholas Leone ended in divorce in 1967. She has no immediate survivors.

Marguerite L. Manfreda
November 13, 1910 - May 14, 2003

Marguerite Manfreda passed away on May 14. A long time AAHN member, Miss Manfreda had a long distinguished career in Psychiatric Nursing, including authoring the 4th through 6th editions of Psychiatric Nursing and Teaching Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. She was active in numerous professional organizations, and delighted AAHN attendees at the 1997 Conference in Hartford Connecticut when she shared her professional experiences.

AAHN member Arlee Hoyt McGee, a significant force in Canadian Nursing History, and the archivist for the Nurses Association of New Brunswick, passed away in August 2003. An obituary has been posted on page 28 of NANB Info Nursing.

An Arlee Hoyt McGee Nursing History Scholarship has been set up for undergraduate nursing students in New Brunswick. Donations to support the Arlee Hoyt McGee Nursing History Scholarship can be made online at Arlee H McGee Scholarship

Juanita Granger Millsap

Nursing Pioneer Juanita Millsap Dies at 91

July 19, 2006
Juanita Granger Millsap, who helped launch the first nursing baccalaureate degree program in Oklahoma, died Tuesday, July 18, in Oklahoma City. She was 91.

A memorial service will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 23, at Lakeside United Methodist Church, 2925 N.W. 66th Street in Oklahoma City.

Millsap was an instrumental pioneer in the creation of Oklahoma Baptist University's School of Nursing. She worked with academic officials at the university, as well as state medical leaders to start OBU's nursing program in 1952. An original member of OBU's nursing faculty, she became chair of the program in 1975. She was named professor emerita of nursing in 1985. Millsap was inducted into the Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame in 2000, and received an honorary doctor of science degree from OBU in September 2002.

Millsap was born Aug. 18, 1914, in Gracemont, Okla. She graduated from high school in Gracemont, then traveled to Michigan in 1931 to study at Battle Creek College. After two years there, she moved to Cleveland, Ohio, to complete a diploma in nursing from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University. She then returned to Battle Creek College to gain a bachelor of science degree in nursing. She later earned a master of arts degree in sociology from the University of Oklahoma.

She worked as a staff nurse at hospitals in Detroit and Cleveland before returning to Oklahoma City in 1939 as an instructor in nursing at Wesley Hospital School of Nursing. While at Wesley, she was appointed to a committee to explore creating a nursing program which would lead to a bachelor of science degree. That committee worked with OBU academic leaders, leading to creation of the state's first baccalaureate program in nursing.

"Juanita Millsap was been more than a mother to the OBU School of Nursing. She not only instilled a caring perspective in the lives of nurses, but she also was an outstanding Christian example," said Dr. Lana Bolhouse, dean of OBU's School of Nursing. "When I was a student in the early '70s, she gave me copies of articles to read at home, since I was a single parent with toddlers to care for in the evenings. Later, as a faculty colleague, she would give me a big bowl of stew for our supper. Even in her 90s, she still read the nursing literature and was excited to engage in conversations about current nursing issues. She truly was a great lady of nursing."

Millsap often attended reunion events for OBU nursing graduates. During the university's celebration of the 50th anniversary of the program's founding, she described the process which led to creation of OBU's nursing program.

"The government became involved in recruiting nurses for World War II, and that changed the scope of nursing," said Millsap. You get the government in on something and they'll set up standards. As a result, the hospital school was ending."

The hospital school taught nursing through more of an apprentice type model, with the students largely responsible for the nursing service. Wanted to develop a baccalaureate program, directors of the Wesley Hospital School of Nursing worked to form a committee to lead the effort. That group including Ben Nickelson, representing the hospital board; Dr. James Ralph Scales, OBU; Katherine Fleming, director of nursing service at Wesley Hospital; and Millsap, the instructor at the School of Nursing at Wesley. As part of the committee, Millsap began to write the plans for the OBU School of Nursing, which were submitted to the State Board of Nursing Registration.

She had two years to write the requirements and recruit a clinical faculty for the only program of its type in the state. When classes opened in 1952, there were 10 students and three faculty members.

Today, the program has more than 150 students and eight faculty members.

Millsap was preceded in death by her husband, Sharon. She is survived by three children, Dr. Burr Millsap, Melinda Howard, and Katie Livingston, all of Oklahoma City.

Millsap was a longtime member of Lakeview United Methodist Church in Oklahoma City. She was an avid collector of Florence Nightingale memorabilia and books.

In addition to her career with OBU, in the 1960s she was an instructor in maternal and child nursing with the Oklahoma City Board of Education's division of adult education, and an extension specialist with the University of Oklahoma's extension division of health and welfare services. Throughout her career she served in various leadership roles with the Oklahoma Nurses' Association. Her writings appeared in numerous nursing publications. She was named the Oklahoma State Nurses' Association Nurse of the Year in 1973.

[from: Oklahoma Baptiest University Website

Hildegard E. Peplau, 89
Nursing Scholar, Educator and Leader

Hildegard E. Peplau, 89, one of the world's leading nurses, known to many as the "Nurse of the Century," died March 17, 1999, at her home in Sherman Oaks, California. Dr. Peplau is the only nurse to serve the America Nurses Association as Executive Director and later as President. She was also elected to serve two terms on the Board of the International Council of Nurses (ICN). In 1997 she received the world of nursing's highest honor, the Christiane Reimann Prize, at the ICN Quadrennial Congress. This award is given once every four years for outstanding national and international contributions to nursing and healthcare. In 1996, the American Academy of Nursing honored Peplau as a "Living Legend," and in 1998 the American Nurses Association inducted her into the ANA Hall of Fame.

Dr. Peplau is universally regarded as the "mother of psychiatric nursing." Her theoretical and clinical work led to the development of the distinct specialty field of psychiatric nursing. Dr. Peplau''s seminal book, Interpersonal Relations in Nursing (1952), was completed in 1948. Publication was delayed for four years, however, because at that time it was considered too revolutionary for a nurse to publish a book without a physician co-author. Peplau's book has been widely credited with the transformation of nursing from a group of skilled workers to a full-fledged profession. Since the publication of Peplau's work, interpersonal process has been universally integrated into nursing education and nursing practices throughout the United States and abroad. It has been argued that Dr. Peplau's life and work produced the greatest changes in nursing practice since Florence Nightingale.

Dr. Peplau was awarded honorary doctoral degrees from universities including: Alfred, Duke, Indiana, Ohio State, Rutgers, and the University of Ulster in Ireland. Dr. Peplau was named one of "50 Great Americans" in Who's Who in 1995 by Marquis. She was an elected fellow of the American Academy of Nurse and of Sigma Theta Tau, the national nursing honorary society.

Hilda Peplau was born September 1, 1909, in Reading, Pennsylvania, the second daughter of immigrants Gustav and Ottylie Peplau. She was one of six children, having two sisters and three brothers. As a child, she witnessed the devastating flu epidemic of 1918. This personal experience greatly influenced her understanding of the impact of illness and death on families.

Peplau began her career in nursing in 1931 as a graduate of the Pottstown, Pennsylvania School of Nursing. She then worked as a staff nurse in Pennsylvania and New York City. A summer position as nurse for the New York University summer camp led to a recommendation for Peplau to become the school nurse at Bennington College in Vermont. There she earned a bachelor's degree in interpersonal psychology in 1943. At Bennington and through field experiences at Chestnut Lodge, a private psychiatric facility, she studied psychological issues with Erich Fromm, Frieda Fromm-Reichmann and Harry Stack Sullivan. Peplau's lifelong work was largely focused on extending Sullivan's interpersonal theory for use in nursing practice.

From 1943-1945 she served in the Army Nurse Corps and was assigned to the 312th Field Station Hospital in England where the American School of Military Psychiatry was located. Here she met and worked with all the leading figures in British and American psychiatry. After the war, Peplau was at the table with many of these same men as they worked to reshape the mental health system in the United States through the passage of the National Mental Health Act of 1946.

Peplau held master's and doctoral degrees from Teachers College, Columbia University. She was also certified in psychoanalysis by the William Alanson White Institute of New York City. In the early 1950s, Peplau developed and taught the first classes for graduate psychiatric nursing students at Teachers College. Dr. Peplau was a member of the faculty of the College of Nursing at Rutgers University from 1954-1974. At Rutgers, Peplau created the first graduate level program for the preparation of clinical specialists in psychiatric nursing. She was a prolific writer and was equally well known for her presentations, speeches, and clinical training workshops. Peplau vigorously advocated that nurses should become further educated so they could provide truly therapeutic care to patients rather than the custodial care that was prevalent in the mental hospitals of that era. During the 1950s and 12960s, she conducted summer workshops for nurses throughout the United States, mostly in state psychiatric hospitals. In these seminars, she taught interpersonal concepts and interviewing techniques, as well as individual, family and group therapy. Peplau was an advisor to the World Health Organization and was a visiting professor at universities in Africa, Latin America, Belgium, and throughout the United States. A str it had staying power. Her original book from 1952 has been translated into nine languages and in 1989 was reissued in Great Britain by Macmillan of London. In 1989, Springer published a volume of selected works of Peplau from previously unpublished papers. Peplau's ideas have, indeed, stood the test of time. The archives of her work and life are housed at the Schlesinger Library at Harvard University.

Dr. Peplau is survived by Dr. Letitia Anne Peplau and her husband, Dr. Steven Gordon, and their son, David Gordon of Sherman Oaks, CA; sister, Bertha Reppert (Byron), Mechanicsburg, PA; brother, John D. Forster (Dorothy), Reading, PA; niece, Dr. Carolynn Sears (Philip) and children, Jessica and Jacob Sears, Pound Ridge, NY; niece, Marjorie Reppert, Jim Thorpe, PA; niece, Nancy Reppert, Mechanicsburg, PA; niece, Susanna Reppert (David Brill), Mechanicsburg, PA; niece, Karen Bentley (William) and son, William, Sudbury MA; and nephew, Carl Peplau, Hopewell Junction, NY.

The family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Peplau Research Fund; c/o American Nurses Foundation; 600 Maryland Avenue SW, Suite 100; Washington DC 20024-2571 or to the Schlesinger Library; Radcliffe College, Harvard University, 10 Garden Street; Cambridge MA; 02138-3630.

A private family service will be held at a later date. Tributes are being planned by the American Nurses Association, the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, and other nursing organizations.

Prepared by Dr. Grayce Sills with the assistance of Dr. Anne Peplau and Bertha Reppert. Any re-publication is welcomed but copies should be forwarded to either the family or the Schlesinger Library..

Mary Blackburn Walsh, 79, former Director of Academic Programming and Development, School of Nursing, The Catholic University of America, died August 22, 2001 in Hyattsville, MD, of complications of diabetes.

Mary Walsh was born in Germantown, PA and received a diploma in nursing from Mercy Hospital, Johnstown. PA. She served in the US Navy Nurse Corps during World War 11 (1942-1947). She was awarded bachelor and master's degrees in nursing from The Catholic University of America. In 1988, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA.

Mary Walsh served as Instructor, Director of Nursing, University of Michigan, as Instructor, Supervisor, Howard University and Providence Hospital. She was former Director, Robert Wood Johnson Teaching Nursing Home Project and served on the Board of Carroll Manor Nursing Home.

Mary Blackburn Walsh developed and coauthored, with Helen Yura-Petro, The Nursing Process published 5 editions from 1967-1987), Nursing's Human Need Theory, and 3 volumes of Human Needs and The Nursing Process. She was co-author of Nursing Leadership: Theory and Process, and authored and co-authored numerous publications on nursing care of the chronically ill and frail elderly.

Mary Walsh was a longtime member of the American Nurses Association, Sigma Theta Tau International, the American Association for the History of Nursing and Honorary Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. She received numerous awards: Alumnae Achievement Award, Outstanding Teacher Awards, the Bene Merente Medal, and Book of the Year Award for The Nursing Process.

Her husband Paul Walsh and a daughter Teresa Walsh, RN, both of Hyattsville, MD, survive her. Teresa wrote of her mother "She moved on to a better place on this cloudless day - August 22, 2001 - in her sleep. She traveled to splendid new land we dream about. Her journey was with the same grace and elegance she demonstrated every day of her life - something we all aspire to attain yet may never reach. She was a great lady. Words will never fully divulge the gifts she owned.

Alma Woolley
October 3, 1931 - Decmber 17, 2005

ALMA S. WOOLLEY was born in New York City, October 3, 1931. She attended Public School 71, Hunter College High School, and Queens College of the City University of New York. In 1951 she transferred to the Cornell University-New York Hospital School of Nursing, and received the degree of bachelor of science in nursing in 1954. During the next several years she worked for the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, Mary Immaculate Hospital, Philadelphia General Hospital, and Jefferson Medical College Hospital. She then became an instructor in the School of Nursing of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and received her masters degree in medical-surgical nursing and teaching in 1965. She then taught in the University of Pennsylvania's School of Nursing in the baccalaureate and graduate programs.

Ater moving to Wildwood, New Jersey in 1969 Alma taught at Atlantic Community College and at Stockton State College, where she designed and implemented one of the first baccalaureate nursing programs specifically for registered nurses. In 1980 she earned the doctorate in higher education administration at the University of Pennsylvania, and in 1981 she became director of the School of Nursing at Illinois Wesleyan University. In 1986 she became dean of the School of Nursing of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and retired as professor emeritus in 1996. She then served as visiting professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing in Baltimore, MD, and in the Graduate Nursing Program of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

Dr. Woolley was a member of numerous professional nursing organizations, including Sigma Theta Tau and the American Association for the History of Nursing. Her publications included journal articles on nursing and nursing education, and a book, Learning, Faith, and Caring: the History of the Georgetown University School of Nursing, 1903-2000.

In 1954 Alma married the Reverend Arthur E. Woolley, Jr., and with him served parishes in New York, Philadelphia, New Jersey, Illinois, and Maryland. Their four children, Mariel Rodgers, CAPT. Mark Woolley, US Navy, Dr. Peter Woolley, and Maj. Jane Baer, were the great love of both their lives. In their later years they also enjoyed all their sons and daughters-in-law and their twelve grandchildren.

After their retirement, Father and Alma Woolley moved to Catonsville, Maryland, and were members of Mt. Calvary Episcopal Church in Baltimore.