1930s
Stella Howell Bowen, 30N, lives in Lilburn, Ga., with her husband, James. She is a mother of one, a grandmother of six, and great-grandmother of nine.

1940s
Married: Helen Castene Carson, 48N, of Statesville, N.C., and Sidney A. Carson, on Dec. 21, 1996.

Mary Owens Hall, 49N, 62MN, 83G, of East Point, Ga., was the leader for the Class of 1949 at the recent Alumni Reunion Weekend. Hall is Professor Emerita of the School of Nursing.


Mary O. Hall, 49N, 62MN, 83G

1950s
Susan Alexander Brewer, 53N, 64MN, of Acworth, Ga., has retired from the Georgia Department of Public Health as program manager in the Child Health Program. She worked as
a public health nurse for more than 40 years, the last 30 with the State Health Department. She continues to teach part-time for Georgia State University as a clinical instructor in its community health program.

1960s
Eugenia Mills Fulcher, 59Ox, 62N, of Waynesboro, Ga., recently received the President’s Award of Excellence from Swainsboro Technical Institute as an outstanding instructor. She also was awarded a Rockefeller Archives Grant and, this past May, received a doctorate in education from Georgia Southern University.

Mary Owens Hall, 62MN. See Hall, 49N.

Kate K. Beveridge, 64N, 68MN, has worked as a certified nurse midwife for more than 25 years. She and her husband, Bruce, live in University Park, Md.

Susan Alexander Brewer, 64MN. See Brewer, 53N.

Sandra Hilliard Hart, 67N, of Seminole, Fla., received the 1998 Pride of Palms Award from Palms of Pasadena Hospital. Sandra is ER nursing coordinator in that hospital.

Barbara Alice Davis Caroll, 69N, lives in Sarasota, Fla., with her husband, Walter, and their son, Jake.

1970s
Sylvia Scott Quandt, 70N,
of Oak Park, Ill., completed an adult nurse practitioner program at North Park University in September 1998. She currently is working as a nurse practitioner at the Pacific Garden Mission Free Clinic in Chicago. She and her husband, Fred, have two children, a boy and a girl.

Jo Anne Luke Woodall, 70N, of Marietta, Ga., graduated from Kennesaw State University in May 1999 with a master’s degree in nursing. She received certification as a family nurse practitioner from the American Nurses Credentialing Center and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and is now employed by Perimeter North Family Medicine, a private practice group located throughout the North Georgia area.

Sandra L. Willmarth, 71MN, of Buford, Ga., retired in October 1998. Since 1973, Sandy had worked for the state of Georgia’s GRN Community Service Board as a psychiatric nurse in an outpatient setting.

Nancy Olsen Benn, 78N, of Layfayette, Calif., practiced law for almost 15 years but retired a couple of years ago to stay home with her family. She writes, “I am enjoying watching my daughter, Alice, begin fourth grade and catching up on all the things I never got to before.”

Married: Betsy Wright Cheek, 76Ox, 78N, and Paul Parker Burroughs, of Clearwater, Fla., on Aug. 14, 1999.

Kitty Miller, 78N, of Boise, Idaho, is director of the Children’s Specialty Center at St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center in that city. She is responsible for design and systems development and operationalization of this new pediatric specialty outpatient area.

Ginger Lyon, 79N, of Atlanta, was awarded the “Joel Award” by the Inman Park Neighborhood Association for outstanding service in the Little Five Points community.


Ginger Lyon, 79N

1980s
Joyce Dillon, 80MN, of Atlanta, is founder and president of Inward Bound, a health and wellness company that teaches people how to integrate aspects of the mind, body, and spirit to create optimal health. Joyce has had more than 25 years of clinical experience and extensive training in mind-body medicine, meditation, energy medicine, and Eastern traditional studies.

Married: Jennifer Scholl Brysacz, 78Ox, 81N, and Greg Brysacz, in September 1998. The couple lives in Marietta, Ga.

Adopted: By Robin Domm Burch, 81MN, and Thomas Burch, of Atlanta, a daughter, Carolyn Christine. Carolyn was born April 23, 1997. She now has two older brothers, Robert George and Thomas Maxwell. Robin is a neonatal nurse practitioner.

Frances Childre, 81N, of Atlanta, is the new director of Employee Health/Workers’ Compensation for Emory Hospitals and University. Frances is also the new president of the Emory Nurses Alumni Association.

Joseph Michael Pate, 81MN, has been promoted to nurse practitioner at the American Embassy in Tokyo, where he works as a foreign service officer with the US Department of State’s Office of Medical Services. Prior appointments included service in Moscow from 1995 to 1998, in Hong Kong from 1991 to 1995, in Mexico City from 1988 to 1991, and in Lima, Peru, from 1985 to 1988. Michael enjoys art, music, scuba diving, and, fortunately, travel.


Joseph Michael Pate, 81MN

Angela Carter Sprunger, 81N, her husband, Mark, and their three children have recently returned to the United States. The Sprungers spent seven years in Africa serving as representatives for the Mennonite Central Committee, mainly in Zaire. They are now living in Lancaster, Pa., and hope to return overseas after they complete graduate studies.

Born: To Debbie Lane Abitante, 82N, and Pete Abitante, of Tenafly, N.J., a daughter, Elizabeth Marie, on May 14, 1999.

Cherry E. Spencer-Stark, 82MN, of Marietta, Ga., ran unsuccessfully this past spring for a District 1 seat on the Cobb County Commission. She was the only Democrat (and the only woman) running for the nonpartisan seat in the historically conservative, heavily Republican area. Her third-place showing in the election, then, was quite respectable, and she says she plans to run for office again in the future. “Hopefully, next time more voters will come to the polls,” she says. “In this past election, only 5,000 people out of 125,000 registered voters bothered to vote. That’s pitiful.” Happier news for Cherry is that she is about to become a grandmother for the first time, with the child being expected in the year 2000. “I thought I was going to be 95 before I ever got a grandbaby,” she says with a laugh. The expectant mother is her daughter-in-law, Cindy Spencer, who works at Emory University Hospital as a nurse in the CCU.


Cherry Spencer-Stark, 82MN

Born: To Janie Plessett Atlas, 83N, and Steven L. Atlas, of West Chester, Penn., a daughter, Jenna Mimi, on April 21, 1999.

Ella Nix, 83N, is a homemaker living in Dunwoody, Ga. She previously owned a legal nurse consultant business in Atlanta that provided services to attorneys defending doctors in medical malpractice cases. She is a widow with a 7-year-old son.

Maureen Muylle Schreibfeder, 83N, of Coppell, Tex., recently became a research nurse coordinator in interventional cardiology for HeartPlace at Baylor University Medical Center.

Kelly A. Davidson Chasteen, 82Ox, 84N, of McDonough, Ga., earned her master’s degree in service management from Mercer University in December 1998. Kelly has one child, a son named Tyler, who was born Aug. 22, 1996.

S. Renea Doughton, 84N, 97MN, is working as a family nurse practitioner for Mercy Care Services in Atlanta as a national health service corporation scholar.

Married: Maureen Frances Abbate, 85N, and Malcolm Francis Vidrine, both of Atlanta, on July 25, 1998. Maureen is president and psychotherapist for Horse Time, a nonprofit equine-facilitated mental health center at Falconwood Farm in Covington, Ga. Maureen has also co-founded the Equine-Facilitated Mental Health Association.


Maureen Frances Abbate, 85N

Born: To Catherine Hamilton Craven, 85N, and Jeffery H. Craven of Snellville, Ga., their first child, Patricia Ann, on June 14, 1996.

Karen S. DeNoia, 85MN, of Decatur, Ga., is completing her PhD in clinical psychology at The Fielding Institute and will graduate in 2000. She currently is clinical and medical manager of behavioral health at DeKalb Medical Center.

Adopted: By Charlotte A. Light, 85N, of Wyomissing, Penn., a daughter, Rachel Kathleen Light, on Sept. 11, 1998, in Mao Ming City, China. Charlotte works as certified nurse midwife in a private medical practice. Rachel is 2 years old and an active toddler with a mind of her own, says her mom.


Rachel Kathleen Light, daughter of Charlotte A. Light, 85N

Elizabeth Parramore Severance, 86N, an advanced registered nurse practitioner, has completed a program at the University of Florida to become a pediatric nurse practitioner. She lives in Gainesville with her husband and three children.

Born: To Mary Scott Smith, 86N, and Greg Smith, 94A, their third child, Julia Caroline, on Oct. 8, 1998.

Angela J. Cole, 88N, 90P, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was promoted in September 1998 to vice-president of PeerMed, the medical communications division of Healthview, EuroRSCG. Her responsibilities include new business development as well as design and implementation of educational programs.

Born: To Kimberly Baillie Woodward, 88N, and Brian Woodward, of Franklin, Tenn., their third child, Samuel Beach, on March 9, 1999.

Ruth Yerkes, 88N, of Bethlehem, Penn., works with two county children, youth, and family agencies to help families with at-risk children. She says she was inspired to pursue a career in community health by Emory mentors such as Drs. Helen O’Shea, Mary Hall, and Margaret Parsons.

1990s
Born: To Terri Wise Harper, 90N, and Byron F. Harper III, 83M, of Fayetteville, Ga., their third child, a daughter, Charis Marie, on March 19, 1998. Their twins, Caleb and Marisa, are now 5 years old.

Born: To Michele Zimmerman-Pike, 90N, and Edward Pike, of Portland, Ore., their third child, a daughter, Elizabeth Ann, on April 19, 1999. Michele is owner of Snuggletown.com, a website for nurturing parents.

Born: To Margaret Otherson Wooten, 91N, and Rudi F. Wooten, of Lawrenceville, Ga., a daughter, Amanda Janelle, on Dec. 12, 1998.

Born: To Caroline Bowers-Birchmore, 92MN, and Mark V. Birchmore of Lexington, S.C., a daughter, Ansley Caroline, on Aug. 26, 1998. Caroline works as a nurse practitioner at an urgent care facility and was recently elected as the state representative from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. The Birchmores have an older son, Evan Alexander.

Born: To Sharon Beasley Chappell, 91Ox, 93N, and Ted Chappell, 91Ox, 93C, of Alpharetta, Ga., their first child, Sarah Katherine, on Sept. 27, 1998. Sharon is a pediatric nurse at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Ted has started his own business, Eagle Technology Consultants, located in Atlanta.

Married: Hollie Pisseri Devine, 93N, 97MN, and Dr. Steven Michael Devine, 93M, of Chicago, on May 9, 1998. Hollie is a nurse practitioner at the University of Chicago in the stem cell transplant program.

Born: To Kimberly Parrish Jasch, 93N, and David Jasch, of Sarasota, Fla., their second child, a daughter, McKayla, on June 8, 1998. Kimberly, who is currently on extended maternity leave, writes articles for Family Magazine on various obstetrics topics.

Married: Laurie Perfect, 93N, 97MN, and Bill Chandler, of Atlanta, on Jan. 3, 1998.

Born: To Jane Miller Rollman, 84C, 93MN, and Bruce Rollman, of Pittsburgh, their second child, Mark Andrew, on June 11, 1998. Jane is marketing manager at Development Dimensions International.

Judith Ramirez Sherman, 90Ox, 93N, and Mark Sherman recently purchased their first house, in Sugar Hill, Ga. Judy works as a nurse for Cardiovascular Physicians Group of North Atlanta. Mark is a firefighter for DeKalb County.

Clarice L. Whitlock, 93N, 99MN, of Atlanta, is now working as a nurse practitioner for EverCare.

Married: Beth Young, 91Ox, 93N, and Maurice Hew Jr., of New Orleans, on Sept. 5, 1998. The couple has relocated to Houston, Texas, where Beth is a nurse practitioner at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.

Sara M. Edwards, 94MN, 94P, is proud to announce the completion of surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy for her son, Gabe, who had cancer. He is currently doing well and is cancer-free. Sara is working part-time as a midwife in a private practice in Lawrenceville, Ga.

Married: Emily Niehaus, 94N, and Adrian Messerli, 93C, on Feb. 18, 1999. They are living in Tucson while Adrian completes his residency in internal medicine at the University of Arizona. Emily works as an oncology nurse at the university’s medical center.

Diane L. Padden, 94MN, of Ft. Meade, Md., has been appointed assistant professor in the Graduate School of Nursing’s Department of Nurse Practitioners at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda. Diane and her husband, Alfred, have one son, Phillip, 19.

Married: Kathy Ray, 94N, and Charles Gluodenis of Athens, Ga., in June 1996. The two also announce the birth of a second son, Keith Charles, in November 1996. Kathy is a staff nurse in the operating room at Athens Regional Medical Center.

Susan Abrams Greene, 95MN, of McCaysville, Ga., is the president and founder of Healthy Feet of Fannin County, Inc., celebrating three years of free foot care. She is also president and founder of Kessler Community Clinic, Inc., which opened in McCaysville, Ga., in September 1999.

Born: To Margaret Read Henry, 95N, and Greg L. Henry, of Decatur, Ga., a daughter, Carolyn Savannah, on Nov. 5, 1998.

Christine Hilderbrandt, 95MN, of Palm Harbor, Fla., has transferred from Morton Plant Hospital to North Bay Hospital in Clearwater, Fla., to begin a new full-scope midwifery service.

Married: Cindy Hoskins, 95N, and Jon Lebiecki, on Feb. 14, 1998. Cindy is a pediatric nurse practitioner at Northside Pediatrics in Woodstock, Ga. The couple lives in Kennesaw.

Married: Eve Nicky Economy, 96N, and Scott Williams, of Atlanta, on June 19, 1999. Eve, who works in the labor and delivery section of Northside Hospital, is currently pursuing a master’s degree in ob/gyn–women’s health.

Married: Mary Geisler, 96N, of Dallas, Texas, and Tim Singel, on April 25, 1998. Shortly after their marriage, they spent six months traveling abroad.

Born: To Heidi Tervo Rivera, 94Ox, 96N, and Julio Cesar Rivera Jr., 94Ox, 96C, of Kennesaw, Ga., a daughter, Anna Lisa, on May 31, 1999.

Married: Sheila Rossell, 96MN, and Allen Lincoln, on April 18, 1998. Sheila is a nurse practitioner at the Grady Infectious Disease Program in Atlanta. The couple resides in Atlanta.

Married: Christine Bloom, 97N, and Peter Barrett, on Oct. 4, 1997. Christine is a staff nurse in oncology at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in South Bend, Ind.

Hollie Pisseri Devine, 97MN. See Devine, 93N.

S. Renea Doughton, 97MN. See Doughton, 84N.

Married: Stefanie Lee, 95Ox, 97N, and Scott Findlay, 95Ox, 97C, of Dunwoody, Ga., on Jan. 2, 1999.

Laurie Perfect, 97MN. See Perfect, 93N.

Barbara Burt, 98N, of Gallup, N.M., has been commissioned as a lieutenant in the United States Public Health Service and is stationed at the Tohatchi Health Center in Tohatchi, N.M.

Karen Perry Buterbaugh, 98N, is working part-time in Riverview, Fla. She previously spent four years as a captain in the Army Nurse Corps, where she met her husband, a naval officer. She is the mother of two.

Married: Jennifer Grass, 98N, 98P, and Randy Durbin, 92C, on March 13, 1999. Jennifer works at Children’s Hospital in Birmingham, Ala., in the pediatric intensive care unit. Randy is a doctoral student in epidemiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s School of Public Health.

Married: Cynthia Milne, 98N, and Jonathan Terry, of Marietta, Ga., on May 30, 1998. Cynthia is a nurse at Crawford Long Hospital.

Clarice L. Whitlock, 99MN. See Whitlock, 93N.

Alumni Deaths

1920s
Alice Bringham Morgan, 29N, of Columbus, Ohio,
on Feb. 23, 1999. She is survived by her only child, Alycia King of Bexley, Ohio, and four grandchildren.

1930s
Winifred Maddox Alexander, 30N, of Greenville, S.C., on Aug. 10, 1999. Winifred, a retired registered nurse, lived in Atlanta for 60 years before moving to Greenville in 1987. She is survived by two sisters, six nieces, and six nephews.

Gladys Mahone, 32N, of Macon, Ga., on April 3, 1999. Gladys, who was 93, had worked as a surgical nurse at Emory for 40 years and was a member of the Emory University Hospital Retired Nursing Association. She is survived by several nieces and cousins.

Josephine Kinman Brewer, 38N, of Candler, N.C., on March 1, 1999.

1940s
Harriet Campbell Todd, 41N, of Riverside, Calif.,
on July 18, 1998. She is survived by her husband, Glenn Todd., of Sarasota, Fla., on Feb. 3, 1999. She is survived by her husband of 56 years, George Douglas, two daughters, a brother, and three grandsons.

Marion Johnson Comstock, 46N, of Evanston, Wy., on Nov. 22, 1998. She is survived by her husband, Darrel Comstock.

Jane Howell Campbell, 47N, of Atlanta, on April 8, 1999. Her husband of 53 years, Robert Campbell Sr., also died in the fire that destroyed everything in the home, says their daughter, Eloise Campbell Ragsdale, 75N, of Decatur, except her father’s office, which housed the family Bible and geneological history. Despite efforts from neighbors, Mr. Campbell, 74, died on the lawn of his residence, collapsing while trying to get help for his wife. Jane, 72, a retired mental health nurse, suffered from a degenerative bone disorder that made movement difficult. Chattanooga natives, the Campbells met while attending neighboring single-sex high schools. They married in 1946 and moved to Atlanta when Jane was accepted to Emory. Jane practiced as a nurse until they began their family. She was active with the Girl Scouts of America and received that organization’s highest honor, the Thanks Award, in 1965. She also served as president of her children’s PTAs and as a communicant at St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church. After her children were grown, she returned to the profession, working at DeKalb General Hospital until her retirement. Jane and Bob Campbell are survived by two daughters, a son, and three grandchildren.


Jane Howell Campbell, 47N

Anne MacGregor Jenkins, 47N, of Lakeland, Fla., on Nov. 10, 1998.

Berta Saavedra Houdyshell, 49N, of Melbourne, Fla., on April 10, 1999. She was former vice-president of Westhoff Hospital in Rockledge and co-founder of the Brevard Hospice. She is survived by her mother, two sons, an aunt, and two grandchildren.

1950s
Mary Anne Aldridge Fisher, 51N, of Alpharetta, Ga.,
on Sept. 18, 1996. She is survived by a son.

1970s
Laura Snitzer Boozer, 77Ox, 79N, of Dunwoody, Ga., on July 11, 1999. She is survived by her husband, Russell W. Boozer, 75Ox, 77B; three children; parents, Dr. (53C, 65M) and Mrs. Joseph A. Snitzer III; two sisters and a brother; and mother-in-law Ellen Boozer.

 

From the Alumni President

We are enjoying very exciting times at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing. I became involved with the Nurses Alumni Association (NAA) quite serendipitously, and as a result, I have a renewed appreciation for and commitment to our alma mater. If you haven’t visited with anyone at the school or been on campus in a while, you might find yourself surprised at the changes taking place.

Scholarship continues to grow, and if you could meet some of the students that I have, you would be impressed with their enthusiasm, their creativity, their intellect, and their love of the nursing profession. The NAA is committed to supporting these students and sharing with them the rich heritage that is part of the school. We also are working to support student recruitment.

As you will read elsewhere in this magazine, the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing has broken ground for a state-of-the-art building that will foster not only advances in research and scholarship, but also—and importantly—interdisciplinary collaboration. We look forward to experiencing the energy and verve that the new building will help generate.

Many of you have been able to visit personally with Anne Bavier, our Assistant Dean for Development, Alumni and External Relations, as she makes contacts with you through regional visits. Please continue to share any ideas about how the NAA might better serve your needs with Anne or me. As we do our strategic planning for the next year, we welcome your input.

Sincerely,

 

Frances A. Childre, 81N
President, Nurses Alumni Association

 

Talk to the President
NAA President Frances Childre can be reached at (404) 686-7941 or by e-mail at frances_childre@emory.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

A NEAT Career Move 

When Jamie Lewis, 99N, switched career plans, it was the legal profession’s loss but nursing’s gain. Lewis earned her first bachelor’s degree in cultural anthropology at the University of Georgia, fully intending to go on to law school. But a volunteer stint at Athens Regional Medical Center’s midwifery clinic changed her mind.

“I wasted money on the LSAT and bartended [after graduating from UGA],” she says. “My parents were happy to write that in the old Christmas letter.”

But now she’s done them proud. Past president of the Student Nursing Association and named in Who’s Who Among American College and University Students, Lewis also was awarded a Nursing Education and Tuition (NEAT) grant for her study at the School of Nursing. Under the program, chosen BSN students are awarded 60% tuition; in turn they owe six months’ service for each semester paid under the program. Lewis has signed a two-year contract with Emory Hospitals and will be working at Crawford Long.

Work isn’t the only endeavor Lewis will be undertaking in the near future; she plans to re-enroll in the nursing school part-time to earn a master’s degree in midwifery, and she’s engaged to be married.

 
Jamie Lewis, 99N

 

 

 

 

A nurse and a quilter

On Feb. 6, 1999, Lorraine Austin Boehme, 50N, of Stafford, Texas, passed away. Originally from Lake Charles, La., Lorraine graduated from John Sealy College of Nursing in Galveston, Texas, in 1942. She enlisted as a nurse in the US Army Air Corps shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and eventually attained the rank of lieutenant. While in the service, she met her first husband, Herbert Clay Smith, who was in the Coast Guard, and they had a daughter, Carolyn. The couple divorced soon after the war, and Lorraine went on to Emory to pursue a nursing degree. While there she met her second husband, Martin Alvis, who was also a student. Her daughter, then about 4 years old, remembers living in the married student trailer and dancing to jukebox music at Dooley’s Den.

After graduating from Emory, Lorraine and her family went to Birmingham, where she worked at Jefferson Hillman Hospital, then to New Orleans, where she served at Charity Hospital. By the mid 1950s, she was back in her hometown of Lake Charles, working as a public health nurse and an instructor at McNeese State University, helping that institution become an accredited college of nursing.

Next, the family moved to Texas, where Lorraine earned her MSN and helped found the Texas Women’s University College of Nursing at the Houston Medical Center. She served that school as acting dean, faculty coordinator, and associate professor of surgical nursing and pharmacology.

In the late 1960s, while enrolled in the nursing doctoral program at Galveston, she divorced, married again briefly, divorced, then married for the fourth and final time, to engineer Herman Boehme. The couple traveled all around the world, says her daughter, Carolyn Hulsey, and led a great life together. Lorraine died from complications of asthma and pulmonary disease linked to a life of smoking. Herman died just two months later, of prostate cancer.

Lorraine Austin Boehme is survived by her daughter, a sister and brother-in-law, three nieces, and three nephews. She is remembered by all for her love for and talent in quilting. She won many awards and had her work displayed in this country and abroad. The quilt pictured here is called “Carolyn’s Garden.”


Alumni Weekend 1999
 
Winniefred Jones, 69MN, of New Orleans, returned to campus for Alumni Weekend 1999.

 


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