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CLASS NOTES

1937

Marian Vaupel Munson, GN 37, now living at Southtowne Living Center in Eugene, Oregon, recently celebrated her 93rd birthday with her daughter, Ann Herrick.

1968

Jean Barry, PhD, BSN 68 is an associate professor of nursing at the Kirkhof College of Nursing at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan, focusing on leadership theory and end-of-life/palliative nursing care. Her research program focuses on Staff nurse moral distress and suffering in the care of dying patients: Building theory and testing interventions.

1969

Claudette J. Heddens, BSN 69, MA 92, serves as President of the American Society of Plastic Surgical Nurses for 2008 1974 Candace Steele, BSN 74 BC, MA, FAAVPR, was honored with the Distinguished Service Award by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation. 

1975

David Mangler, BSN 75, MS, was selected as the Executive Director of the Delaware Board of Nursing in September and began in this position on Nov. 2, 2007. He is administratively responsible for 10 other Boards or Commissions in addition to the Board of Nursing.

1976

Joanne Rains Warner, MSN 76, was appointed dean of the University of Portland School of Nursing in Oregon. Warner is a nationally recognized expert in health policy with an extensive background in community health and nursing education. Prior to moving to Portland, Warner served the Indiana University system as the dean at Indiana University East and then as graduate dean and director of the doctoral program at Indiana University School of Nursing.

1979

Susan (Smitke) Schmid, BSN 79, received her MSN with emphasis on education from Cal State LA in June 07. Employed at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital as Clinical Coordinator of Mother Infant Unit.

1982

After more than 10 years of living with misdiagnosed symptoms, Joy Wagner, BSN 82, was finally diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. She has developed a rehab program called fitMS, which has evolved into a program of fitness, education, advocacy and peer support practiced nationally and internationally by more than 4,000 members through live classes, email and DVDs. Learn more at www.fitms.org/index.php

1983

Dorothea Olsen, BSN 83, has retired from her full-time job at Mercy Medical Center in Clinton, IA, but has stayed in nursing by keeping a peds clinical position with the Eastern Iowa Community College District. "They won't let me retire!" she says. "I still enjoy my work after being a RN for 47 years."