Spotlight on
Ruth Watson Lubic, RN, CNM, BS, MA, Ed.D, FACNM, FAABC, FAAN, FNAM/IOM
Honored as a Living
Legend by the American
Academy of Nursing
in 2001, Ruth Watson
Lubic (EdD ’79; MA
’61; BS ’59) will never
give up the fight for all
women and families
to have access to the
highest quality birth experiences. She recently
introduced herself as Tenacity Lubic at a meeting
in Washington, DC. At every meeting and conference that I have ever attended where Tenacity
Lubic was present, she was often first in line at
the microphone during the Q&A to passionately
persist and insist that her cause not be forgotten
or neglected. Through her advocacy, pre-term
births have been reduced and outcomes improved
for newborns and pregnant women in low income
African American families in Washington, DC. I
asked Ruth to reflect on her career and her TC
experience.
Editor: What brought you to the nursing profession?
A number of elements of the health care system
led me to nursing. My father, a pharmacist in a
small Pennsylvania town, was known as Doc Watson and was sought for health advice frequently.
Indeed Watson’s Drug Store of the 1930’s reminds
me of today’s community based primary care
center in terms of its utilization by community
members prior to a visit to any medical practitioner. My mother even wore a white uniform dress
while she worked there assisting my father. My
Aunt Alice Kraft, my mother’s sister, was a graduate of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (diploma) School of Nursing. Not liking her
service in the operating room there during World
War I, she went on to care for neurologically
compromised children through music and dance
at the Alice Kraft School of Rhythm, the latter of
which she learned through study with the famous
dancer, Isadora Duncan. After trying to follow my
father’s lead, (he had entered medical school, but
left when his father became ill and never was able
to return to complete his education), I quickly
learned that nursing, not medicine, was the culturally approved route for young women to enter
the health care professions. (Circa 1944)
Editor: What brought you to Teachers College?
After receiving my nursing diploma in June of
1955, also at the Hospital of the University of
Pennsylvania School of Nursing, I moved to New
York City with my insightful new husband, William Lubic, a graduate of Columbia College and
Penn’s Law School. I had received a beginning
position at the Memorial Hospital for Cancer and
Allied Diseases, now Sloan Kettering. In the fall
of 1955, I began to take evening courses toward
a bachelor’s degree at Hunter College in New
York. Then Teachers College announced its full
time, government supported program toward a
Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing Pre-specialization. I
applied for the 1958 class and was accepted.
Editor: What was Teachers college like for you as
a student?
I was very stimulated by the program faculty and
by the other students, such as Laura “Speed”
Elliott from Virginia whom I met, some of whom
had many years of experience in the practice of
nursing. I particularly remember Professors Lutie
Leavell and Frances Reiter both of whom motivated me. The architecture of TC’s buildings and its
history also were very impressive. The outstanding regret I have now, in relation to the program is
that I was a live-at-home student and did not have
the opportunity to experience dorm life.
Editor: Please describe the progression of your
career, citing when and how you became interested in midwifery.
On graduation from the bachelor’s program, I
went on to give birth to my son, both events in
June of 1959. I soon learned that I was not a
stay-at-home Mom and so applied for a Master’s
Degree grant in the Teaching of Medical-Surgical
Nursing, completing in 1961. But my very
positive birth experience had stayed with me and
when I discussed that fact with my obstetrician,
he responded, Why don’t you become a midwife?
What is that? I queried, and he sent me to Maternity Center Association (MCA) to be interviewed.
All went well and I completed MCA’s program
in nurse-midwifery at SUNY Brooklyn’s Kings
County Hospital in 1962, having become acutely
aware of the need of all practitioners, physicians,
nurses and nurse-midwives to be sensitive to the
cultures of the families being served. But there
were no jobs in clinical practice at that time so I
taught expectant parents participatory childbirth
at MCA. I also served as the first part-time Executive Director of the American College of NurseMidwives which at that time was housed at MCA
on 92nd Street in New York City.
Once again, with minimal federal support, I
enrolled in 1967 in TC’s program in Anthropology and Education which was administered by
a Columbia College colleague of my husband,
Professor Lambros Comitas. He had continued to
encourage me to study applied anthropology. As I
completed my studies in late 1969, I was asked by
MCA to consider applying for the position of General Director. I did so and in March of 1970 began
a career which lasted 25 years and culminated
with my 1993 receipt of a MacArthur Fellowship
for establishing the country’s first freestanding
birth center.
1994 saw the beginning of an effort to improve
outcomes in our nation’s capital, as has gone
on to happen. I am still active in operations of
The Developing Families Center, a collaborative
consisting of health care, social supports and
early childhood education from 6 weeks to 3
years. There are many national and global groups
interested in replication of the model, although
the current healthcare delivery system is often
not welcoming of the model.
Editor: Have mentors guided your career?
My outstanding mentor has been Eunice K.M.
Ernst (Kitty), a nurse-midwife who is a graduate of the Frontier School of Midwifery and now
holds the Mary Breckinridge Chair at the Frontier
Nursing University. (Continued on page 2 2)
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NEAA Board
President Terry Gottlieb 2016-18
Vice President Robin Goodrich
2015-17
Secretary
Lynn Kemp
2015-17
Treasurer
Mary Ellen Connington 2016-18
Directors
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Ann Marie McDonald2015-17
Priscilla Sagar
2016-18
Maria Vezina 2015-17
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Chair Maria Rosario-Sim 2015-17
Members
Mary Germaine
2016-18
Phyllis Shanley-Hansell 2015-17
Frances Schwartz 2016-18
TC Nursing
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Kathleen O’Connell
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Dr. Claire Fagin also cheered me on. Hazel Corbin, RN, long the General.
Editor: Please describe the highlights of your career.
Giving birth with the example of Edward C. Mann’s family-centered care and being the first
nurse recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship in 1993 come to mind. The MacArthur Fellows
Program awards unrestricted fellowships to talented individuals who have shown extraordinary
originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction.
(Read more about the MacArthur Fellowships at https://www.macfound.org/fellows/) Another
extraordinary highlight of my career was being part (and the only nurse among leaders from
the medical profession) of the Institute of Medicine’s first official medical delegation to the
People’s Republic of China in 1971. During our two-week tour we witnessed the return from the
countryside of many physicians who had been reassigned from the cities to communes under the
policies of Chinese Communism. The healthcare system was highly organized and all citizens
knew where to go for their health care. The impact of that experience influenced and motivated
me to think about, and work toward, access to the U.S. healthcare delivery system, especially for
women and children. (Continued on page 9 2)
From the President
by Terry Gottlieb, EdD, RN,-BC, NEA-BC
I hope all of you and your families are well and enjoying the summer
weather. I have a few updates on our organization to share with you.
Our membership is currently approximately 400 members. This is about the
same number we have had for the last three years. The only difference in
Gottlieb
the demographics is that we have more actively working members and fewer
retired members than prior years.
Have you tried to recruit new members? If not, why not? Our organization’s mission includes sponsoring the Annual Isabel Maitland Stewart Conference on Research in Nursing;
supporting research initiatives of members by awarding grants; promoting networking and
honoring alumni; and preserving and communicating the history of nursing at Teachers
College and NEAA. I am certain that all of our members want NEAA to be sustained. Do
your part and recruit at least one new member. If you are unsure of membership status of
your colleagues contact [email protected].
On February 16, 2016 NEAA with the TC Office of Alumni Relations co-sponsored a Meet
the Author event in Grace Dodge Room. Two of our alumni, Priscilla Sagar and Irene
Trowell-Harris were presenters. Dr. Sagar spoke about her book, Transcultural Nursing
Education Strategies, Dr. Trowell-Harris reported on her experiences in a book entitled,
A Life of Bridges. The third author was Dr. Martha Eddy, a registered somatic movement
therapist who introduced us to this theory with a book entitled, Mindful Movement: The
Evolution of the Somatic Arts and Conscious Action. Refreshments were provided by the
Alumni Office and we thank them for their co-sponsorship.
We are planning our next Meet the Author event for the fall. Please look for an email calling
for authors later in the year.
Our 53rd Stewart Conference took place on May 6, 2016 in Grace Dodge room 279. Our
theme, Nursing Education and Research: Wellness, Wellbeing, and Aging in America,
was addressed by several excellent speakers. Watch for information about the 54th Annual
Stewart Conference. Our tentative date is May 5, 2017.
We continue to fulfill our obligation to the Nursing Center for the McManus Library Fund.
Recently, we contributed $10,000 from the NEAA reserves.The Board would like to pay
off this commitment by the end of 2016. Please continue to send donations to the Center
for Nursing, 2113 Western Ave Guilderland, NY 12084.Make sure you designate donations
to the McManus Library Fund. Currently, we owe $84,685. Thank you to all who have
responded with a donation to the McManus Library Fund.
If you have any questions, suggestions, or concerns, you can reach me on my cell at (914)
649- 9025 or at [email protected]. Thank you for supporting NEAA and our important
work. 
P.S. Watch your mail in August for membership dues renewal.
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Chat from the Chair
by Kathleen O’Connell, PhD, RN, FAAN
Isabel Maitland Stewart Professor of Nursing
Update from the
Executive Program for Nurses
by Kim K. Mendez, EdD, ANP, RN, Assistant Professor of Nursing Education
As we get ready to launch the new Online Nursing
O’Connell
Education program, I want to start this chat with
a matter that is especially important to me: the
impact of scholarships. I am exceptionally grateful
for the generosity of alumni and friends who make
contributions in support of financial aid. If you support TC in this way, I thank you, for you have helped
ease the burden of debt for many of our students
over the years.
TC’s nursing students are (and always have been!) exceptionally
talented and motivated individuals who will impact the field of nursing
in an indisputably positive way. While TC has been able to expand its
financial aid program in recent years, the fact remains that tuition
costs are expensive and we oftentimes lose talented students because
we are not able to provide them with enough scholarship funding. A
gift of any amount to the nursing program will make a difference. You
may make a gift by sending a check payable to Teachers College to my
attention, Box 35, 525 W. 120th Street, New York NY 10027 or online
at tc.edu/nursingedscholarship where you can use a credit card!
Applications to the new Online Nursing Education (ONE) program are
more numerous than any year since my arrival at Teachers College 16
years ago. The applicants are impressive, making our admission decisions really difficult. A good problem to have!
Joining me in making these hard decisions are Jane Dickinson, PhD,
RN, CDE, the coordinator of the online Diabetes Education and
Management program, who will also teach in ONE, and our new full
time Lecturer, Tresa Kaur Dusaj, PhD, RN-BC,CNE, CHSE, CTN-A.
Currently, she is Faculty Program Director at Excelsior College. Tresa
comes to us well prepared for her major role in the ONE program.
We are also proud to announce that four of our students will be awarded scholarships as part of the Jonas Nurse Leaders Scholar Program.
The program was created to support educational development of new
nursing faculty and will provide $10,000 of support for each student.
Our students will join more than 750 Jonas Nurse Leader Scholars
across the country.
Also new this fall is our Academic Certificate Program in Nursing
Education that provides five core courses to new PhD and DNP graduates who want to enhance their preparation to take on the faculty role.
Students in the certificate program will take courses with students in
the EdD program and thus will receive the same high quality courses
offered to our regular students.
It is my pleasure to once again provide you with
Mendez
an update from the Executive Program for Nurses
on behalf of Elaine L. Rigolosi, EdD, JD, FAAN,
Professor of Education and Program Coordinator, Executive Program for Nurses, Department of
Organization and Leadership.
It is with excitement and professional pride that we announce the
successful completion of the Doctorate of Education requirements
for Amy Loeb, Eileen Thomas and Martha Kent. Dr. Loeb’s dissertation was entitled “TeamSTEPPS®: A Case Study Using a Complex
Adaptive System Framework.” Dr. Thomas researched, “Memories
of Simulations Gone By: Perceptions of Newly Graduated Nursing
Undergraduate Simulation Experiences, and Simulations Influence
on their Practice.” Dr. Kent’s dissertation investigated “Mindfulness: A
Strategy to Promote Nurse Manager Leadership Styles.” These studies
underscore the complexities and power of communication, the impact
of training methods and how we develop nurse leaders.
In 2015, we put our hands together when Assistant Professor, Dr.
Josiane Hickson, EdD, was honored with the NEAA Nursing Practice
Award. We also send best wishes to Dr. Amy Loeb as she takes the
helm as Chief Nursing Officer at Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead, New York. It is wonderful to see the accomplishments of our
graduates as well as be inspired by them as they accept new challenges
and professional experiences.
Just as our graduates explore new opportunities and test their creativity, the Executive Program for Nurses continues to be innovative in
our approach to support access to our programs. Understanding that
many of our students continue to work fulltime, our MA and EdD
programs are provided in a Friday cohort format where students take
all their classes with a small, supportive group of students which
promotes strong educational and professional connections with peers
and faculty. To provide additional flexibility, a part-time option was
offered in the Master’s program beginning 2014 fall semester. We were
also pleased to welcome an additional nine doctoral cohort students
during the 2015 fall semester.
We look forward to meeting new potential students, sharing the
rich history of the Executive Program for Nurses and spreading the
excitement about our professorial and administrative masters and
administrative doctoral programs. For additional information call 212678-3812 or email [email protected]. 
If you are interested in learning more about how you can support
financial aid and our nursing students, please contact my colleague
in the Development Office, Linda or Susan at 212-678-3679. 
TC Selected in Top 20 Programs in Clinical Nurse Leadership and
Nursing Administration 2016
The healthcare industry is undergoing some of the most drastic growth and change of all industries in the United States. In order
to keep up, healthcare professionals have been asked to fill new roles to bridge gaps in patient care. Nurses have taken on new
and more important roles in order to meet the needs of both patients and the facilities that care for them. The TC Master of Arts
in Administration Studies is a program built for students who want to lead in the field of nursing administration. The program
was designed as an executive program for nurses with specializations in administration and professorial studies. The goal of the
program is to prepare leaders for roles in healthcare organizations. Graduates of this program have the skills and knowledge to
make an impact on nursing and healthcare by influencing other interdisciplinary healthcare providers and learners.
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Veronica M. Driscoll, 1926-1994 - A Revolutionary Genius
Authors: Cathryne A. Welch, EdD, RN, and
Gertrude B. Hutchinson, RN, MA, MSIS, DNS(c)
Veronica M. Driscoll, EdD, RN was driven by an
unqualified, unrelenting determination that nursing should conduct itself as a bona fide profession,
distinct and independent in its own right, and
should be recognized as such by society. A graduate of St. Catherine’s Hospital School of Nursing
in Brooklyn, NY, she earned the bachelor’s degree
at St. John’s University, the master’s from New
York University and the EdD from Teachers College, Columbia University.
After serving as a staff nurse, supervisor of student
health program and instructor at St. Catherine’s,
in 1960 she joined the staff of the New York State
Nurses Association (NYSNA) as assistant executive
director of its newly created economic security
program. In 1960 she was appointed as Deputy
Executive Director and in 1969 as Executive Director. She served in that position through June
of 1979, accepting simultaneous appointment
in 1975 as Executive Director of the Foundation
of the New York State Nurses Association which
later changed its name to the Foundation of New
York State Nurses (Foundation). A bold, visionary
leader in the circle of state, national and international nursing organizations she was widely hailed
as a revolutionary genius.
1966 was a pivotal year in showcasing Dr.
Driscoll’s leadership. She was the lead negotiator
in NYSNA’s negotiations with the City of New York
regarding the employment conditions of professional nurses employed by the City. Those conditions were widely known to be deplorable with
resultant dangerous impact on patient welfare.
sioned an investigation of City hospitals which
revealed, in one instance, only three registered
nurses for 12 medical wards on the evening shift
and, on the night shift, only one registered nurse
and two practical nurses for 279 patients, 74 of
whom were critically ill. The report described
those conditions as typical of those throughout
the City hospitals.2
NYSNA/City negotiations, begun in October 1965,
remained at an impasse prompting NYSNA to call
for mediation in February 1966. The first mediation session was scheduled six weeks later. But at
a regular meeting on April 14, Bronx Municipal
Hospital voted in favor of mass resignations and in
less than a week over two-thirds of the nurses had
submitted their resignations effective May 23rd.
Within two weeks nearly one half of the City’s
nurses had submitted resignations, also effective
May 23rd.
Public support of the nurses was palpable. The
New York Times called for utmost civic support
and virtually every newspaper and television station gave the situation close monitoring which
rallied public support. Finally, the City yielded
to fact-finding, a process similar to arbitration,
during which NYSNA assembled an amazing array
of witnesses from the nursing and medical professions and the lay public, all of whom strongly
supported the nurses’ proposals. On May 17, the
fact finder terminated the session abruptly, citing
the seriously deteriorating patient care conditions and the potential for disaster if resolution
were not reached before May 23rd. Finally a set of
recommendations which met most of the nurses’
demands were accepted by both NYSNA and the
City. The settlement‘s estimated cost to the City
was nine million dollars.3
The profoundly positive impact of this settlement was not limited to nurses employed by and
patients cared for in City facilities. It immediately
set the standard for improving employment conditions for nurses and conditions of patient care in
cities and states across the nation.
Edith P. Lewis wrote about these conditions in the
July issue of AJN:
“Generally speaking, city salaries were lower than
those in nearby voluntary hospitals; fringe benefits
and shift differentials were less; hours were longer.
So few nurses were so responsible for so many patients they were unable to give professional care.
Over the past 15 years, for instance, unfilled nurse
positions had risen from 42 to 57 percent. Of
8000 budgeted professional nurse positions, by the
end of 1965, only 3,200 were filled. One hospital
was operating with only 3 percent of its staff nurse
quota. Bellevue Medical Center lacked almost 76
percent of its staff nurse quota.1”
In his 1965 quest for the position of Mayor of the
City of New York, John V. Lindsay had commis-
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Also in 1966 in her capacity as the lead staff
member of the committee addressing educational
requirements for nursing practice, Dr. Driscoll
facilitated development of NYSNA’s A Blueprint
for the Education for Nurses in New York State.4
This called for baccalaureate education for beginning professional practice and associate degree
preparation for beginning general practice. Like
the NYSNA/City of New York settlement, it became
a model for nursing education proposals throughout the nation. More importantly, it signaled Dr.
Driscoll’s career-long struggle to advance the
educational standards of the nursing profession,
as attested to by her later role in advancing legislation that would establish the baccalaureate degree
as a requirement for licensure as a nurse.
In 1969, when invited to explore appointment
to the position of NYSNA Executive Director, Dr.
Driscoll presented to the search committee, and
subsequently to the Board of Directors, a sweeping
set of proposals for a complete reorganization of
NYSNA. The plan called for: a reassessment of the
Nurse Practice Act; a study of NYSNA’s purpose,
function and structure; change in emphasis;
change in program; change in membership status;
changes in publications; and change in staffing
patterns.5 Upon her appointment as Executive
Director, she immediately embarked upon implementation of these proposals.
Within months of her appointment, a special
committee to study the Nurse Practice Act was
appointed. In 1970 that committee proposed a
complete revision of the Act, which, for the first
time in history, specified the independent practice
and diagnostic authority of professional nurses.
It defined nursing as “diagnosing and treating
human responses to actual or potential health
problems through such services as case finding,
health teaching, health counselling, and provision
of services restorative to and supportive of life and
well-being.”6
The proposal galvanized the support of nurses
throughout New York State and the nation – and,
simultaneously, the opposition of Medical Societies and Hospital Associations. Strong legislators
agreed to sponsor the legislative bill to implement
the proposal. In the face of massive legislative opposition from the Medical Society and the Hospital
Association of New York State, Governor Nelson
Rockefeller vetoed the bill in 1971. Undaunted,
NYSNA vowed to continue the struggle to have
it enacted. Minor accommodations were made
which led to the Medical Society’s and the Hospital Association’s support in the 1972 proposal.
Governor Rockefeller signed it into law on the Ides
of March, 1972 [March 15, 1972].7
Once again, the eyes of nurses throughout the nation focused on achievements led by Dr. Driscoll.
Other state nurses associations proposed similar
revisions to Practice Acts in their states. And, in
1980, the American Nurses Association (ANA)
adopted the definition of nursing in the New York
law in its Nursing – A Social Policy Statement.8
Simultaneous with revision and enactment of
the New York State revision of the Nurse Practice
Act, a new threat to independent nursing practice
emerged in a proposal advanced by Nathan
Hershey and others for “institutional licensure.”7
That proposal would abolish individual licensure
laws and place the determination of responsibility of practitioner accountability on the provider
institution. In a pithy editorial entitled “Hershey
Bars and Other Unhealthy Confections,” Dr.
Driscoll analyzed the devastating effects institutional licensure would have on professional nursing practice and the quality of nursing care. She
then declared,…
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“But there is no cause for panic. Particularly in
New York State it has been demonstrated that
nurses know who they are and what they are
about, politically as well as professionally. Our
suggestion would be let us put away childish
things – Hershey Bars, honey, syrup and other assorted confections – and get on with our business
at hand.9”
In a letter supporting Dr. Driscoll’s induction into
the ANA Hall of Fame, Anne Zimmerman, past
president of ANA noted, “It was Veronica who
led to the adoption of a strong resolution by the
ANA House of Delegates deploring institutional
licensure. She kept an unrelenting oversight on
the national committee that explored the concept
…and heralded its decision that it should not be
pursued.”10
Dr. Driscoll pioneered many other significant
accomplishments, including establishment of the
Foundation of New York State Nurses as advocated
by the NYSNA special committee to study NYSNA’s
purpose, structure and function. A 501(c) (3) organization, the Foundation’s mission is to increase
public understanding of nursing, the nursing
profession and the arts and sciences on which
human health depends. It reflects Dr. Driscoll’s
understanding that the bond of trust between the
nursing profession and the public has always been
and will remain essential to quality health care.
So successful was Dr. Driscoll’s pursuit of the proposals she set as NYSNA Executive Director that
upon her retirement from that position in June
1979, Paul T. Hageman, then NYSNA President,
described her tenure as the “Driscoll Decade.” At
that same time the Board of Trustees renamed
the Center for Nursing the Veronica M. Driscoll
Center for Nursing in honor of her outstanding contributions to the nursing profession and
society.11 Her contributions were also hailed in a
plethora of awards: from TCNEAA for outstanding
professional and organizational leadership; from
NYSNA and ANA Honorary Recognition, their
highest awards; from ANA, induction into its Hall
of Fame; and from the Foundation of New York
State Nurses, creation of the Driscoll Award to
honor those who achieve excellence in pursuit of
her professional standards and values.
Dr. Nettie Birnbach, in the Biographical Dictionary of Nursing, noted, “Known as a skilled strategist and charismatic communicator, throughout
her career, Driscoll was uncompromising in her
rejection of the status quo. Remembered by her
colleagues as a courageous risk-taker, loyal friend,
and valued mentor, she left behind an incomparable legacy of leadership.”12
Center for Nursing
Although her professional achievements were
monumental, Dr. Driscoll did not deem them
sufficient. In a letter written to Anne Zimmerman
in the latter days of her life, she said, “Dear, old
friend, One tormenting aspect of this entire experience is the sense that I may never get done what
I wanted to do in life – but that’s life, isn’t it?”13 In
a tribute offered at Dr. Driscoll’s memorial service,
Ms. Zimmerman acknowledged Dr. Driscoll’s
unending quest for excellence with the marvelous statement, “Be patient with the other Angels,
Veronica. They’ll do fine after you’ve been there a
few days and have gotten them organized.”14 Ms.
Zimmerman spoke for legions in her letter to
the ANA Hall of Fame committee when she said,
“… her influence will impact nursing for years to
come. She continues to be missed by those of us
who were fortunate enough to have known her as
well as by those who wish they had.”15
Endnotes
1. Lewis, Edith P., The New York City
Hospital Story, American Journal of
Nursing, Vol. 66. No. 7, p.1527.
2. Ibid.. pp.1527, 1528.
3. Ibid., pp 1528-1533.
4. A Blueprint for the Education of Nurses
in New York State, New York State Nurse, January, 1967.
5. Veronica M. Driscoll Interview by Ellen Burns, Professionalization of Nursing
in New York State, New York: NYSNA,
October, 1988, p.118.
6. Bill # S. 1918-B, A2065-B, Senate-Assembly
Regular Sessions, January 18, 1071.
7. Driscoll. Veronica M., Legitimizing the
Profession of Nursing: The Distinct
Mission of the New York State Nurses
Association, Guilderland, NY: FNYSN,
1976, p.64.
8. Nursing – A Social Policy Statement,
American Nurses Association, 1980, p. 9.
9. Driscoll, Veronica M., Hershey Bars and
other Unhealthy Confections, October
1972, pp. 5, 16.
10. Zimmerman, Anne, Letter to ANA Hall of
Fame Awards Committee, July 31, 2001, p.2.
11.Tributes to Dr. Driscoll, Annual Meeting
and Research Conference, Foundation of
New York State Nurses Association,
June 22, 1979.
12.Birnbach, Nettie, “Veronica Margaret
Driscoll 1926-1994,” American Nursing:
A Biographical Dictionary, Vol.3,
Bullough, Vern, Editor, Springer Publishing
Co., February 1, 2000, pp. 73-75.
13.Zimmerman, Anne, Letter to ANA Hall of
Fame Awards Committee, July 31, 2001, p.3.
14.Veronica M. Driscoll Memorial Service,
Veronica M. Driscoll Center for Nursing,
Guilderland, NY, April 30, 1994.
15.Zimmerman, Anne, Letter to ANA Hall
of Fame Awards Committee, July 31,
2001, p. 1.
Thanks to Gertrude Hutchinson and Cathryne
Welch, from the Bellevue Alumnae Center of
Nursing History of the Foundation of New York
State Nurses, for their assistance.
German Christmas
Markets & Visit with the
Founder of the
First State Board of
Nursing in Germany
by Rory Sweeny McGovern, EdD, RN
Frankfurt
Traveling to Germany this
December will provide me with
the joy of visiting Christmas Markets in Frankfurt,
Nuremberg, Wurzburg and
McGovern
Mainz. My adventure will not
end there! My journey will be
in the company of a nursing
professor colleague and good
friend, Dr. Edith Kellnhauser
who is the founding dean of the
Kellnhauser University of Applied Sciences
Katholische Fachhochshule in
Mainz. She is renowned in German nursing
circles not only as a University professor and
prolific author, but having worked tirelessly
for 20 years on negotiating with politicians in
different German States (17 in all) regarding
the establishment of a State Board of Nursing. Dr. Kellnhauser along with her elected
nursing colleagues are currently in the process
of building this Board which, among many
other obligations will carry out, nurses being
Registered in Germany.
Having worked for many years in a large US
hospital in nursing administration, Dr. Kellnhauser learned the professional importance
of nurses being registered through a Board of
Nursing! Returning to Germany and completing her PhD in Nursing her dissertation topic
not surprisingly is entitled: “State Boards of
Nursing and the Professionalization of Nursing.” Many years later she reached success
with her state, Rhineland-Palatinate, passing
the law for the establishment of the first State
Board of Nursing. Interestingly her state has
three political parties! As she emphatically
and energetically comments, “only 16 German
States to go!”
In addition to visiting historic buildings and
traveling with the locals I will have the professional opportunity to meet with Dr. Kellnhauser’s students who are in a study program
of “international nursing.” I will answer the
students’ questions about American nursing.
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Alumni Sightings
Above: TC Nursing Alumni attended the New York Academy of Medicine’s October 6, 2015
event: The Future of Medical and Nursing Education Left to right back row: Connie Vance,
Josephine Jalandoni, Kathleen Nokes, Maria Vezina, Diane Mancino. Left to right front row:
Ruth Watson Lubic, Phyllis Hansell, Robert Piemonte, Mary Ann Scharf, Judith Tyler, Brigitte
Cypress, Eleanor Campbell, Medel Paguirigan.
Above: The National League for Nursing
Education Summit Banquet, Phoenix, Arizona,
September 30-October 2, 2015.
Left to right: Diane Mancino, Mary Anne Rizzolo,
Elizabeth Speakman, Elaine Tagliareni, Judith
Tyler and Terry Valiga.
Above: Louise Fitzpatrick (left) reunites with TC colleague,
Georgie Labadie, in Florida last February 2016.
Above: When the American Association for the
Above: Nursing Education Alumni Association and
History in Nursing met in Dublin, Ireland
the Office of Alumni Relations hosted an author’s
September 2015, TC nurse historians were there! night on February 16, 2016 at TC. Seated left to right:
Left to right: Sandy Lewenson, Sadie Smalls,
Priscilla Sagar (Transcultural Nursing Education
Annemarie McAllister, Rita Chow, Patrick Kenny, Strategies), Martha Eddy (Registered Somatic MoveDiane Mancino, and Robert Piemonte.
ment Therapist and author of Moving for Life); Irene
Trowell-Harris (Bridges: A Life Building & Crossing
Them). Standing is Terry Gottlieb, NEAA President.
American Academy of Nursing Annual Meeting, October 15-17, 2015, Washington, DC. (Named left to right)
Bernardine Lacey and Barbara Nichols
(retired CEO from CGFNS)
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Frank Shaffer, Shake Ketefian and
David Benson (current CEO of NCSBN)
Maggie McClure and
Louise Fitzpatrick
Frank Shaffer and Barbara
Krainovich-Miller
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53rd Annual
Isabel Maitland Stewart Conference on Research in Nursing May 6, 2016
Nursing Education and Research: Wellness, Wellbeing and Aging in America
Above: Award Winners NEAA Award Winners were recognized at the Luncheon, sponsored by Teachers College Office of Alumni Relations.
From Left to Right: Robert V. Piemonte, Co-Chair, Awards Committee; Mary Ann McLaughlin, Research Award Recipient: Leadership in Professional and Allied Organizations
Award, Patrick Coonan, EdD ‘95, MEd ’89; Nursing Service Award, Maria Vezina, EdD ’89; The R. Louise McManus Medal, Sandy Lewenson, EdD ’89, MEd ’87; Nursing Education
Award, Rory McGovern, EdD ’95, MEd ’85, MA ’84; Nursing Scholarship and Research Award, Phyllis Hansell, EdD ’81, MEd ’75; Nursing Practice Award, Ann Marie McDonald,
EdD ’14, MA ’08; Cynthia Sculco, Co-Chair, Awards Committee. All award winners are inducted into the NEAA Teachers College Nursing Hall of Fame.
Aleksandra Zagorin,
Geriatric Nurse
Practitioner, Maimonides
Medical Center, Brooklyn,
NY(Presented Patients
Assessing Technology
at Home).
Left to Right: Kelly Reilly, Director of Nursing Research and
Evidence-Based Practice, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY (Presented Cognitive Aging); Keynote Speaker Mattia
J. Gilmartin, Senior Research Scientist, New York University
College of Nursing and Acting Executive Director, Nurses
Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE) Program,
New York City, NY (Presented Wellness, Wellbeing and Aging in
America); Sheldon Ornstein, Geriatric Consultant, Author, Lecturer, Wellness in Aging, Flushing, NY (Presented Replacing
Myth Based Beliefs about Aging with Science Based Evidence).
Rosella Garcia, Senior
Left to Right: Dawn Fairlie,
Director of Alumni
Assistant Professor of Nursing,
Relations, welcomes
College of Staten Island-School
attendees to the luncheon
ofHealth Sciences, Departand congratulates
ment of Nursing, Staten Island,
award winners.
NY(Presented End-of-Life Decision Making);Elaine Tagliareni,
Chief Programs Officer, National
League for Nursing (NLN), Washington, D.C. (Presented Advancing Care Excellence for Seniors).
Above, left to right: Sandy Lewenson (Center) R. Louise McManus Medal awardee with Robin Goodrich (left), NEAA Vice President, and Robert V. Piemonte
(right), Co-Chair, NEAA Awards Committee; Attendees listen attentively to speaker Kelly Reilly. Event took place in the Grace Dodge Room 127.
54th Annual Stewart Conference is tentatively scheduled for Friday, May 5, 2017 “Follow the Rainbow: Including the LGBTQ
Population in Nursing Education, Practice, and Research” Watch your email and www.tcneaa.org for Call for Abstracts.
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Alumni News
Natividad L. Espiritu (MEd ’78) received
a Certificate of Recognition and was
Seminar Speaker - Nursing Updates
on Test Taking Strategy at Philippine
Women’s University, Manila, Philippines.
She was Commencement Speaker,
March 2016 at Graduation Exercises, Aritao Central Elementary School, Aritao
, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines where she
graduated in 1948 as Class Salutatorian.
M. Louise Fitzpatrick (EdD ‘72; MEd
69; MA ‘68) received
the National Student
Nurses’Association’s
(NSNA) Leader of LeadFitzpatrick
er’s Award at the Opening Ceremony
of the 64th
Annual NSNA
Convention
in Orlando,
FL, March 30,
2016. According to the award application submitted
by student leaders at the Villanova Chapter of NSNA, Dean Fitzpatrick’s kindness and concern for the wellbeing of
students, faculty and other colleagues is
legendary.She is a dean who recognizes
potential and helps others to turn career
dreams and goals into reality.
In November 2015 Dean Fitzpatrick was
honored with the Lifetime Achievement
Award from Student Nurses’ Association of Pennsylvania (SNAP) and Nurses
Education Funds created a scholarship
in her name. The Lifetime Achievement
Award from SNAP originates with Dean
Fitzpatrick and will not be an annual
award, as few people have such extraordinary, sustained impact on nursing
students. According to 2015 SNAP state
President Meghan Long, “Dean Fitzpatrick is an inspiration to all members of
the student nurses’ association, not only
for her successes in the profession, but
for her powerful dedication to student
nurses. Earlier in November, Dean Fitzpatrick was honored with a scholarship
in her name, established by the Nurses
Educational Funds, Inc. (NEF). She
was recognized at the NEF Gala Recep-
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tion in New York City on November 4,
2015 with many campus colleagues in
attendance. Dean Fitzpatrick has been a
member of the NEF Board since 1983.
The new scholarship to assist nurses in
graduate school is called the M. Louise
Fitzpatrick Scholarship Fund.
Marianne R. Jeffreys
(EdD ’93; MEd ’88;
MA ‘88) has been busy
publishing. New book release: Teaching Cultural
Competence in Nursing
Jeffreys
and Health: Inquiry,
Action, and Innovation,
3rd edition, 2016, NY: Springer. New
toolkit release: “Cultural Competence
Education Resource Toolkit,” 3rd edition, 2016, NY: Springer. She gave an
Author Talk at the New York Academy of
Medicine on April 20, 2016.
Sylvia Kleiman
Fields (EdD ’77;
MEd ’72; MA ‘60)
published, Everything is Possible:
A Nurse’s Memoir
(2016 Archway
Publishing). It
is available from
Amazon and Barnes
and Noble. Dr. Fields shares her diverse
experiences and places them in context
of world events through the decades that
span the second half of the 20th century
and reach into the new millennium.
Fields notes that she is proud of her
years at TC and having earned 3 degrees,
over a 20 year period and receiving the
NEAA Scholarship and Research Award.
This is highlighted on the back cover of
the book jacket. The book is dedicated
to Dr. Georgie Labadie, her doctoral
advisor who also helped with this book.
Marrone
Stephen R. Marrone
(EdD ’05) and Diane
Maydick (EdD ’10)
presented the topic
“The Interprofessional
Health Care Team:
Understanding
the Culture of
Interprofessional
Collaborative Practice” at the 41st
Annual Conference of the Transcultural
Nursing Society held in Portland, OR
in October 2015. Dr. Marrone and Dr.
Maydick are faculty at the Long Island
University Harriet Rothkopf Heilbrunn
School of Nursing in Brooklyn, New
York.
Elaine L. Smith (EdD ’12) has was
appointed Associate Dean for Operations
at Adelphi University College of Nursing
and Public Health. Smith began her new
role in August 2015.
Franklin A. Shaffer
(EdD ’83; MEd ’79;
MA ‘78) received the
Ad Eundem Fellow of
the Royal College of
Surgeons in Ireland
Shaffer
on December 7, 2015.
Ad Eundem Fellows
are awarded by the Faculty to persons
holding Fellowships of other Faculties
or Colleges or equivalent qualifications
recognized by the Council and who are
in the bona fide practice of their profession. Dr. Shaffer is well recognized for
his global work on nursing education
and practice and is the CGFNS International Chief Executive Officer. The Royal
College of Surgeons in Ireland has, for
over 200 years, played a major role in
medical education and training. Founded in 1784 to train surgeons, today the
College provides extensive education and
training in the healthcare professions at
undergraduate and postgraduate level.
The professional fields include medicine, pharmacy, physiotherapy, nursing
and midwifery, radiology, dentistry, and
sports and exercise medicine. 
NEAA Dates and Deadlines
February 27, 2017 Achievement Awards
and Hall of Fame
Nominations Due
March 5, 2017 Stewart Conference
Abstracts Due
March 10, 2017 Nominations for
Office Due
April 14, 2017 Mail Ballot Returns Due
May 5, 2017 Stewart Research
Conference (date to be
confirmed)
Summer / Spring 2016 NEAA Courier
Spotlight on
Ruth Watson Lubic
(Continued from page 2)
Editor: What do you think is the biggest challenge facing the nursing profession?
The temptation to follow a conventional mefirst follow the money philosophy rather than
the needs of families and putting clients first.
Left to right: Andrea Gregg, chair, ANA Honorary Awards Committee; Muriel Poulin;
Pam Cipriano, President, American Nurses Association.
Muriel Poulin, EdD ’72, was inducted into the American Nurses Association Hall
of Fame at a ceremony in Washington DC on June 23, 2016. ANA established the
nursing Hall of Fame Award to recognize significant individual nurses’ commitment
to the field of nursing and their impact on the health and social history of the United
States. This prestigious award recognizes an individual’s lifelong commitment to the
field of nursing and its impact on the health and/or social history of the U.S.
Throughout her career, she has served on numerous boards of directors, published
research articles including the original Magnet Hospital study (which she coauthored) under the auspices of the American Academy of Nursing, and taught as a
visiting professor in other countries. She successfully established the first master’s
program in nursing in Spain after serving as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of
Barcelona. Furthermore, her outstanding leadership and commitment to nursing
have earned her several awards for excellence in research and teaching.
Dr. Poulin moved to Washington, DC, in 1946, where she worked at Gallinger
Municipal Hospital (later renamed District of Columbia General Hospital in 1953) as
a staff nurse, head nurse and clinical supervisor. In 1953, she was recruited to be a
member of a task force responsible for opening and managing the newly constructed
Damascus General Hospital in Syria, and served as its director of nursing. This
opportunity led her to understand that high quality patient care is achieved when
nursing services are led by well-prepared nursing administrators, and it also began
her commitment to international health care.
Dr. Poulin returned to the U.S. in 1955, where she worked at Massachusetts General
Hospital as the coordinator of staff development. Two years later, she was recruited
by the U.S. Agency for International Development to work at the San Juan de Dios
Hospital in San José, Costa Rica, as the assistant hospital administrator for nursing.
She returned to the U.S. in 1958, went on to earn her master’s degree in nursing
administration from the University of Colorado, spent a year traveling the world and
then joined the faculty of the University of Kentucky in 1962 as an assistant professor.
Editor: What advice do you have for nurses just
starting their careers?
There are many ingredients that can go into
the making of a successful and satisfying
career. Certainly of the greatest significance
can be a long and happy family life with an
understanding and supportive mate, and the
sharing of responsibilities, sacrifices, and
successes, one of my blessings. As my service
to the generations of fledgling nurses, I refer
to my Principles for a Successful Professional
Life. While at times more pertinent for nursemidwives they can apply across the board:
Principles for a Successful Professional Life
•Begin with the needs of the people you serve
not your own or those of your profession.
• Take care of all the people of the nation.
•Trust your caring instincts.
•Learn to tolerate uncertainty.
•Choose your professional colleagues for their
caring philosophy, not their professional
preparation.
•Be aware that the medical model has failed to
serve all the people of the nation. The
Developing Families Center is not about
fitting a new service into a broken system,
it is about changing the system to be more
responsive to the needs of people.
•Avoid anger; it consumes energy and clouds
your vision.
•Avoid bitterness against political opponents.
•Value the giving and receiving of truth.
•Strengthen your sense of humor; it can
neutralize opposition and brighten the
darkest days.
•Recognize the importance of persistence.
•Base a design for change on the best science
possible, then test your performance.
•Overcome the fear associated with leadership.
•Remember, the people you serve are your
strength. Listen to them! You will be
rewarded.
Read more about Ruth Watson Lubic in TC
Today, “The Call of the Midwife,” November 5,
2015. 
After earning her doctorate in education and nursing administration at Columbia
University’s Teachers College, Dr. Poulin returned to Massachusetts, where she was
the chair of the graduate program in nursing administration for 17 years at Boston
University until she retired in 1989. Dr. Poulin has strengthened the profession of
nursing nationally and internationally, and she has been an inspirational role model
to nurses everywhere. (Source: American Nurses Association)
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In Memoriam
Jerry Blaylock, RN, EdD, FAAN (EdD
’70), age 81, died on May 16, 2011. Dr.
Bonnie Rickelman (MEd ’66; EdD ’71) of
Austin, Texas, was her dearest friend and
colleague for 50 years. She notified NEAA
Blaylock
of the passing of Dr. Blaylock in September 2015. Dr. Rickelman described
the deceased as, “An outstanding teacher who touched
the lives of so many students, patients and colleagues
through her wisdom, knowledge, caring and wonderful
sense of humor that brought smiles to everyone. We
both recalled the fantastic times we had at Teachers College during our studies there.”
Jerry Blaylock received four academic degrees including
a baccalaureate degree in physical education from Sul
Ross University in Alpine, TX; a baccalaureate degree in
nursing from Baylor University in Waco, TX; a master’s
degree in nursing from The University of Texas Medical Branch School of Nursing in Galveston, TX; and a
Doctorate in Nursing Education from Teachers College,
Columbia University in New York.
Dr. Blaylock started her long nursing career in public
health in the South Texas valley, and then worked at
MD Anderson Cancer Hospital in Houston. She entered the field of nursing education at the University of
South Carolina in Columbia; from there she went to the
School of Nursing at the UT Medical Branch in Galveston. From 1968 to her retirement in 1991, she was an
Associate Professor at the School of Nursing at The
University of Texas at Austin.
Dr. Blaylock received numerous honors. Among them
was induction as a Fellow into the prestigious American Academy of Nursing. She was recognized for her
contributions to the rehabilitation of the mentally
retarded by being named Outstanding Educator of the
Year by the Association for Retarded Citizens. Over the
years, she served on numerous professional committees
and assumed leadership roles in various groups. Those
wishing to make memorial contribution in honor of
Dr. Blaylock may do so by sending them to the School
of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin, 1700 Red
River, Austin, TX 78701. Full obituary is on www.cookwaldenforestoaks.com.
Susan M. Fisher (EdD ’94) age 69, of
Monroe, Connecticut passed away peacefully on July 31, 2015 after a valiant battle
with cancer. Susan was born July 1, 1946
in Brooklyn, and earned a BS degree from
Fisher
Villa Maria College in Erie, PA; a Master’s
Degree from Edinboro University in Edinboro, PA; and
Doctorate in Nursing Education from Teachers College.
Dr. Fisher spent 35 of her 45 years in Nursing as a Certified Advance Practice Nurse in Oncology and was recognized for her work by winning the prestigious Nightingale
Award (Visiting Nurse Association of South Central Connecticut) and the Safe Passage Award for end-of-life care.
She was a role model and educator to many of the nurses
of St. Raphael Hospital and throughout the state of Connecticut. It is difficult to imagine how many nurses she
trained and mentored and how many patients’ lives that
were impacted in a positive way.
Donations may be made to her favorite charity, St. Jude
Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
Maryann Gamrat (EdD ’73) (Sister Maria
Concepta), age 85, died September 9, 2015
at McAuley Convent in Merion Station.
She entered the Sisters of Mercy in 1948
and professed her religious vows in 1951.
Gamrat
In 1959 she became involved in health
care and earned an associate degree in
Nursing from Gwynedd-Mercy College and a Bachelor’s in
Humanities from Villanova. In 1967 she began graduate
studies at TC and earned a Doctorate in Nursing Education in 1973.
She became Executive Director of Nursing at Mercy
Catholic Medical Center. Her concern for the health of the
whole person led her to positions in community outreach
with several neighborhood organizations. During her
time in Community Outreach with North Philadelphia
Health System she designed an action plan to increase
the participation in free outpatient cancer screenings. Her
successful efforts were recognized by the Dreyfus Health
Foundation. In 1998 she was invited to participate as an
international facilitator in a “Problem Solving for Better
Health” Workshop held in Donovaly, Slovak Republic.
Contributions in Sister’s memory may be sent to the Sisters of Mercy Mid-Atlantic Community, 515 Montgomery
Avenue, Merion Station, PA 19066. 
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Achievement Awards and Hall of Fame Nominations
Deadline: February 27, 2017
• The R. Louise McManus Medal
• The Nursing Scholarship and Research Award
• The Nursing Education Award
• The Nursing Practice Award
• The Nursing Service Award
• The Leadership in Professional and Allied Organizations Award
• TC NEAA Hall of Fame
Award winners and Hall of Fame inductees will be honored during the NEAA Stewart
Research Conference on Friday, May 5, 2017 (date to be confirmed).
McManus Medal and Achievement Awards
Alumni Achievement Awards General Criteria (go to www.tcneaa.org for specific
award criteria):
1.Nominee must be an Active/Retired member (dues current) or Life Member of the
Nursing Education Alumni Association (NEAA);
2.Holds an advanced degree from Teachers College;
3.Is a respected nursing leader in the specific area for which she/he is being nominated;
4.Has made significant contributions to the nursing profession;
5.Has national reputation as evidenced by significant publications, consultation,
service activities for national nursing organizations, and other recognition.
Required Information for Award Nominations:
1.Nominator’s letter of support and two additional support letters;
2.Curriculum vitae of nominee;
3.Nominator’s and Nominee’s contact information (Name, complete address, home
and work phone, e-mail address).
TC Nursing Hall of Fame Criteria:
1.The nominee must have demonstrated leadership that affected nursing education,
health, and for social history through sustained contributions to nursing;
2.The nominee must have completed course work and/or requirements for a degree
representative of one of the nursing education programs at Teachers College;
3.The achievements of the nominee must have enduring value to nursing beyond
the nominee’s lifetime. (Note: Nominees for the TC Hall of Fame Award may be
living or deceased.)
Required Information for Hall of Fame Nominees:
1.Name, address, telephone and E-mail address of the nominator;
2.Name of the nominee at the time of graduation from TC and current name if different;
3.Current name, address, telephone number and ways to contact the nominee;
4.Nursing Program, date of graduation and years of study at TC;
5.If available, the CV of the nominee;
6. The nominator should present a written statement to document each of the three
criteria listed above.
Achievement Awards and Hall of Fame
Committee co-chairs:
Lucille Joel
[email protected]
Phone: 201-693-3714 (cell)
201-265-0734 (land)
Kathy Nokes
[email protected]
Call for Nominations—
Board of Directors and
Nominating Committee
Deadline: March 10, 2017
The NEAA Nominating Committee is seeking leadership for several positions on the
Board of Directors and Nominating Committee. Members are invited to nominate
their colleagues as well as to self-nominate.
The deadline for nominations is March 10,
2017. The following positions on the Board
of Directors and Nominating Committee
will be elected for a two-year term.
•Vice-President
•Secretary
•2 Directors
•2 Nominating Committee Members
All nominees must complete a consent to
serve and short biographical information
form and be a current NEAA member.
Board members are expected to participate
in board meetings (at least three times per
year-via conference call) and the annual
meeting that takes place in conjunction
with the Stewart Research Conference.
Since most communication is via e-mail,
board and committee members are expected to have e-mail access. It is expected
that officers will attend board meetings
and be willing to financially support NEAA
functions.
The Nominating Committee meets via
telephone conference call to prepare the
slate. Candidate must be a graduate of a
TC nursing Program. In late March, all
members will receive a ballot in the mail.
The deadline for the ballot return is April
14, 2017.
Interested candidates may contact the chair
of the Nominating Committee:
Maria Rosario-Sim
[email protected]
[email protected]
917-715-8551
Members
Mary Germaine
Phyllis Shanley Hansell
Frances Schwartz
We look forward to hearing from you.
Thank you for your support! 
Applications must be submitted online at:
https://goo.gl/pDKLVb by February 27, 2017
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Nursing Education Alumni Association
Courier
c/o Diane Mancino, Editor
23-05 19th Street
Astoria, New York 11105
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From the Editor
Diane J. Mancino
(EdD ’95), Editor and Chair Courier Committee
Many of you will understand how professional commitments can some-
times impede volunteer involvement. This has been the case with Courier—work obligations causing a delay in publication. It seems that we
are all busier than ever in our worlds of work as well as the work we do
as volunteers to advance the mission of nursing. In my “day “job I work
with volunteers every day. I am actually quite impressed with the level of
commitment that student leaders have as members of the National Student Nurses’ Association. They know that time and technology management are essential skills that all busy volunteers must master. If it were
not for volunteers, many of our professional organizations would come to
a halt. NEAA included. I hope that this message motivates readers to take
action to learn about the opportunities for involvement that our Alumni
Association offers and to then get involved. I know that our president,
Terry Gottlieb, would love to hear from you! 
Please send address
changes, alumni
news, letters to the
editor, news items,
and manuscripts up
to 500 words to:
NEAA Courier
c/o Diane Mancino
23-05 19 Street
Astoria, New York
11105
Or e-mail to:
[email protected]