Decorated veteran of the Army Nurse Corps with combat duty in World War II; served in Panama, the Pacific, and Great Britain; achieved rank of first lieutenant and chief nurse; additional advanced training in air evacuation at Randolph Field, Texas, and service as flight nurse. Sent on special mission to deliver serum to researchers. Flew five combat missions over Europe and received Air Medal for meritorious service. Received two other citations. Stateside postwar duty at Graham General Hospital, Trumble, Illinois. Honorable discharge.

Spencer Hospital:
Assistant in Pediatrics ENT Clinic. Responsible for explaining treatments to patients and keeping them calm; maintaining charts and records for inpatients and outpatients receiving radon treatments for impaired hearing.
Special voluntary duty filling in for head nurses on evening rounds.
Temporary assignment as Assistant to Superintendent of Nurses.

Weatherly Hospital:
Night Supervisor. Responsible for overseeing smooth operation of hospital at night, working with graduate nurses and volunteers. Extensive work in obstetrics.

Hilton Hospital:
Staff Nurse, Orthopedics.
Organized Junior Volunteer program and conducted training classes.

Wayside Rest Home:
Nursing Supervisor. Responsible for overseeing general care of convalescent patients, coordinating nurses' schedules, discussing and planning special diet menus with cook.

Visiting Nurse Service, New York City. Responsible for home nursing visits, keeping patient and family records, working with social welfare agencies to alleviate family problems.

Public Health Nurse, Sauk, Iowa. Responsible for home nursing visits in rural area under direction of County Health Officer; assisted in Food and Drug Administration investigation.

Nurse, Heartbreak Hollow, Kentucky. Temporary assignment in rural mountain community.

Nurse, Kenya. Temporary assignment. Helped establish a health clinic in a remote village.

Hilton Group Medical Practice Clinic:
Office Nurse in Department of Internal Medicine. Responsible for instructing patients based on doctors' diagnoses and ensuring compliance with doctors' orders; recording talks with patients for patients' files.

Private Practice:
Responsible for assisting doctor in patient examinations, developing X-rays, performing lab tests; routine secretarial and receptionist duties, including billing and bookkeeping and keeping patient appointment book.

In-home care for pneumonia, cardiac, and ulcer patients; traveled through Great Britain with orthopedic patient.

Ship's Nurse, Julita. Temporary assignment. Responsible for assisting ship's doctor with care of passengers and crew on luxury cruise ship.

Resident Nurse, Hacienda de Dos Montes, Tucson, Arizona. Temporary assignment. Responsible for routine daily care for asthmatics, including charting TPRs; supervision of teenage guests; and enforcing special rules.

Nurse, Thomas and Parke Department Store, New York City. Supervisor of store infirmary and medical department.

School Nurse, Jamestown School for Girls, Jamestown, Illinois. Full responsibility for school infirmary.

Nurse, Camp Blue Water, Pennsylvania. Temporary assignment. Worked in infirmary of children's summer camp.

Nurse, Eagle's Peak Ski Resort, Switzerland. Temporary assignment. Assisted at small hospital specializing in orthopedics.

With Helen Wells. Cherry Ames' Book of First Aid and Home Nursing (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1959).

Typing, operating a tape recorder, some bookkeeping.
Able to speak Spanish, as well as some Italian and French.
Good skier.
Strong swimmer.
Unable to sing, yodel, or play the piano.

Hobbies include reading, tracking down criminals, and helping people.