NEWS
125th Anniversary Celebration
to Culminate with Spring Gala
Visionary Pioneer Award Winners to be Honored
Mark your calendar and plan to attend the final event
celebrating the School of Nursing’s 125th anniversary —
a black tie-optional gala from 6–10 p.m. Saturday,
April 18, 2015, at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront
Hotel. The highlight of the evening will be the recognition
of the School’s 25 inaugural Visionary Pioneer Award
Patricia Abbott, PhD, MS ’92,
BSN ’89, RN, FACMI, FAAN
Associate Professor, Division
of Systems Leadership and
Effectiveness Science
University of Michigan School of
Nursing, Ann Arbor
Rachel Z. Booth, PhD, MS ’70,
BSN ’68, RN
Former Dean, University of
Alabama School of Nursing
Mary Catherine Bunting, MS ’72,
RN
Baltimore benefactor; Chair,
Mary Catherine Bunting
Foundation
Ethel Palmer Clark, DIN 1906
(Deceased)
Darlene J. Curley, MS ’82, BSN ’80,
RN, FAAN
Executive Director, Jonas Center
for Nursing Excellence
COL Marla De Jong, PhD, MS ’96,
RN, CCNS, FAAN
Dean, United States Air Force
School of Aerospace Medicine
Dorrie K. Fontaine, PhD, MS ’77,
RN, FAAN
Dean and Sadie Heath Cabaniss
Professor of Nursing, University of
Virginia School of Nursing
Patricia A. Grady, PhD, MS ’68,
RN, FAAN
Director, National Institute of
Nursing Research, National
Institutes of Health
Pamela V. Hammond, PhD, MS ’79,
RN, FAAN
Provost, Hampton University
Donna S. Havens, PhD ’91, RN, FAAN
Interim Dean and Professor,
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill School of Nursing
Ruth McCorkle, PhD, BSN ’68,
RN, FAAN
Florence Schorske Wald Professor
of Nursing and Professor of
Epidemiology, Yale University
School of Nursing
Esther McCready, DIN ’53
Maryland Civil Rights pioneer,
retired nurse, and educator
Patricia G. Morton, PhD ’89,
MS ’79, RN, FAAN
Dean and Professor, and Louis
H. Peery Presidential Endowed
Chair, University of Utah College
of Nursing
The Honorable Shirley NathanPulliam, MAS, BSN ’80, RN
Member, Maryland House of
Delegates
Winners — alumni who have made a significant impact
on, and contribution to, the field of nursing based on
their leadership, innovation, or entrepreneurship.
We are excited to announce the 25 Visionary Pioneers
who will be honored at the event, and we congratulate
them on their selection!
RADM (Ret.) Elizabeth Schuyler
Niemyer, MS, BSN ’78, RN
Chief, Program Office for United
Healthcare, Military, and Veterans
Betty Lou Shubkagel, PhD,
BSN ’54 (Deceased)
Professor Emerita, University of
Maryland School of Nursing
Marla T. Oros, MS, BSN ’84, RN
President, The Mosaic Group
Debra L. Spunt, DNP ’08, MS ’83,
BSN ’79, RN, FAAN (Deceased)
Former Assistant Professor and
Director, Clinical Simulation
Laboratories, University of
Maryland School of Nursing
Barbara J. Parker, PhD ’86, MS ’76,
RN, FAAN
Professor Emerita, University of
Virginia School of Nursing
RADM (Ret.) Carol. A. Romano,
PhD ’93, MS ’85, BSN ’77, RN, BC,
NEA, FAAN, FACMI
Professor and Associate Dean for
Academic Affairs, Daniel K. Inouye
Graduate School of Nursing,
Uniformed Services University of
the Health Sciences
Lisa Rowen, DNSc, MS ’86,
RN, FAAN
Senior Vice President of Patient
Care Services and Chief Nursing
Officer, University of Maryland
Medical Center
Phyllis Sharps, PhD ’88, BSN ’79,
RN, CNE, FAAN
Associate Dean for Community
and Global Programs, and
Director, Center for Global
Nursing, Johns Hopkins University
School of Nursing
Joan M. Stanley, PhD, MS ’78,
RN, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP
Senior Director of Education
Policy, American Association of
Colleges of Nursing
Elizabeth Scanlan Trump, MS ’60
(Deceased)
Collaborator on development of
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma
Center and the trauma center’s
first director of nursing, University
of Maryland Medical Center
David Vlahov, PhD, MS ’80,
BSN ’77, RN, FAAN
Dean and Professor, Department
of Community Health Systems,
University of California, San
Francisco School of Nursing
We hope you will join us to mark this momentous occasion in the School of Nursing’s history and to honor our inaugural Visionary Pioneers.
Tickets, which go on sale in January 2015, are $100 per person. A portion of the proceeds will go toward the 125th Anniversary Scholars Fund.
For more information, contact Tiffany Hooper at [email protected] or 410-706-7640. For information about event sponsorship opportunities,
contact Laurette Hankins, associate dean for development and alumni relations, at [email protected] or 410-706-7640.
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