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UMSON VIRTUAL ALL-ALUMNIREUNION 2021Saturday, April 24, 202112:30pm—5:00pm
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2021 Distinguished Alumni AwardJ Taylor Harden, PhD, MS '77, BSN '72, was commissioned in the basement ofthe then-University of Maryland School of Nursing Parson’s Residence Hall.Upon graduation, she served on active duty at US Walson Army Hospital inFort Dix, NJ, followed by work at the Veteran’s Administration Hospital inWashington, DC. Dr. Harden subsequently returned to the University of Maryland for an advanced degree. She is a Vietnam-era veteran and one of thefirst nurses to apply for and receive a transfer of service from the US ArmyNurse Corps Active Reserve to the US Air Force Active Reserve as a FlightNurse. She served at Andrews AFB, Castle AFB, Lackland AFB, MatherAFB, McGuire AFB and Sheppard AFB.Dr. Harden is a National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence (NHCGNE) Distinguished Educator, having taught at schools and departments of nursing across the nation. She is an internationally recognizedgerontologist, research administrator, and educator. She is executive directoremeritus of NHCGNE and former Assistant to the Director for Special Populations at the National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institutes of Health(NIH), Bethesda, Maryland.J Taylor HardenPhD, MS ’77, BSN ’72, FGSA, FAANDr. Harden spent 14 years at the NIA and served as Acting Deputy Director,January 1, 2008 – October 10, 2008. While at the NIA, she conceived and/orexpanded program initiatives such as the Butler-Williams Scholars Program(previously the Summer Institute on Aging Research), Grants Technical Assistance Workshop, Directors RegionalWorkshops, National Advisory Council on Aging Task Force on Minority Aging Research, and the first NIH Womenof Color Research Network-Women in Biomedical Careers. She was an early program administrator on two seminalresearch projects: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN) and the Resource Centers for MinorityAging Research (RCMARs). These major NIA initiatives combined Dr. Harden’s passion and commitment to women’s and minority health.Dr. Harden achieved national recognition for her work to advance minority health and health disparities researchwhile supporting mentoring and career development initiatives for early career and underrepresented minority scientists in aging. She wrote the NIA MSTEM Advancing Diversity in Aging Research (ADAR) through the Undergraduate Science Education Funding Opportunity Announcement that remains active after more than a decade. Dr. Hardenserved as Executive Director for the multi-million-dollar John A. Hartford Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity (BAGNC) research and career development program grant, which morphed into a non-profit association in2016, and was affiliated with the American Academy of Nursing, Gerontological Society of America and New YorkUniversity Rory Meyers School of Nursing. The BAGNC/NHCGNE program supported almost 300 pre- and postdoctoral scholars and fellows across the nation. She continues her mentoring and career development activities as partof the Betty Irene Moore Nurse Fellowship in Leadership and Innovation National Advisory Committee. Dr. Hardenis a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing and fellow of the Gerontological Society ofAmerica, New York Academy of Medicine, and American Academy of Nursing. “Strong Deeds, Gentle Words” is anabiding motto.Harden and Dean Jane Kirschling2021 Distinguished Alumni Award3
CLASS OF 1971*Carol A. Amendola*Susan Howell BrunssenJoyce A. DiffendalLinda Rae Golla Anezin* Paulette G. BurnsCarol A. Distasio*Beverly A. AntopolCarla J. BurtonLinda Kipke Dodson*Camille Comas Avore*Kathleen M. Corbin CampbellJanis Lee BahnerChristine M. Albrano CarrElizabeth B. VermillionDonoho Mary A. BaldwinBrenda E. CarterHerman L. BastinNancy K. CastileDiana Hope Belvin*Deborah J. Clark*Donna E. Anderson BennettKathleen Haspert Cline Carrie L. BiggerMaureen E. Wadden Combs*Linda LaRock BishopNancy Cooley*Dawn T. Ecko Bleau*Barbara Baker CornettSusan Heindel BlevinsMarjorie A. Boyd Cotterman*Blinn Stewart Bolcar-Lunsford*Joyce M. CovillePatricia Graham Bolling*Mary M. Cromb Elizabeth E. Lapatka BonnesLinda K. Crowl Leah K. BonovichCarla M. Spellman Cunningham*Josephine Schinkel Born Otill C. DabbsZoe Mier Bouchelle*Linda Morrissey DaltonJoyce A. BoundsMaxine S. DatcherDawn E. Felker Boyce*Diane K. Evans Dea*Jeannie Sizemore BrasfieldMary Haskin DeeleyMargaret E. BriodyLee DeLois*Mary Ellison Brouillard Robbin W. DeMul*Sandra K. BrownCaroline L. Radcliff Diehl*Walter Reed Army Institute of Nursing (WRAIN) deceased4Elizabeth KwiaikowskaDoughertyLinda S. Ziegler DubanskySandra Stevens DunbarNancy Morgan Dunford*Diane M. Shea Eanes*Mary P. Edmond*Barbara A. ElliottRuby Edwards ElmoreSusan Patrick EmminizerPauline Iaconangelo Erickson*Sherry Darnall Ferki*Pamela A. FerlandDixie B. FerrellKathryn Fiandt*Donna K. Fitzgerald*Donna Ford*Sharon K. Gavin FoughtMarilyn W. Gaiter Elizabeth Morrill GannonPaul Ann McLean Gerstner
CLASS OF 1971*Mary L. Stiles Gillen Linda Fox Hirzel*Karen C. KrausDorothy A. Heffner GoldenLinda M. Boggs Hubatka*Judy V. Larsen KriegerPatricia Padgett Golembieski Sarah L. HughesRuth Holzapfel KrizLynn R. GonzalesIris F. Oppenheim IngberMary Martha Richmond Kuhn*Charlene G. GoochWendy M. Bragg Jaffe Virginia A. LanaGrace Goodman*Jill C. Edziak Jameson Marilynn B. LesterKaren L. Gordon-Davis*Alice F. Johnson*Nancy K. Lester*Kathleen A. Sheedy GraySr. Jeanette JohnsonSuzanne Edwards LeviLinda R. GuildKathleen J. JohnsonLinda R. Levin Catherine F. Selig Gunter* Carla C. Joliat*Carolyn House LevinsonKatherine E. HaberRory C. Gabor JoltinDawn Minch LewisAnne Hoehl Hale Linda E. Jones*Kathryn Briley Lewis* Anita S. HamMildred Trone JordanShou-Mei Lin*Maureen B. Silha Hanrahan Barbara G. Chapin Kaether*Megan LindaleSue K. HarburgSandra A. KeatingBerry Lochte*Donna Heaton Harden*Jill R. Keeler*Virginia K. Miller Locke*Jan Myers HarklessBonnie E. Brennan Keene*Susan A. Forbes Lord*Teresa C. Harmon Jane W. KellyLois E. LoveridgeCynthia J. Harris*Deborah S. KemereMary J. Maggio*Sandra A. Harper HarveySister Charlotte R. KerrKaren M. MarshElizabeth C. HarwickRita A. KerrickJoseph J. MassiminoWinifred Still HayesGail Giles Kestler*Terry Meacham McCall*Louise L. HeinzKathleen S. Martell KitchChristine A. McCormick-PriesRosemary Herbert*Vicky S. KlineCarolyn Meade McCreadyLillian Bauknight Herron*Judy C. Moore KnoxMary Backentose McCune*Walter Reed Army Institute of Nursing (WRAIN) deceased5
CLASS OF 1971 Shirley A. McDonaldRachel C. Ballenger Overby-FearonJulia C. McDonoughJudith A. Stack OvermanPeggy A. McGinty*Phyllis A. Lapine PageMargaret A. Fishel MelfaJacqueline Wolman Pargament*MaryJane Sickman Mesete*Martha Nelson Parrish*Teresa A. McKenna Metcalf*Donna Taylor Paulson*Karen M. MeyerPatricia E. McEntee Perdue*Billie L. Armstrong MeyersRobin D. Levenson PetersSharon L. Michael*Justine M. Raczkiewicz PflaumLucia Midkiff Helen G. Philipp*Charlane Frazier MilburnBarbara Harvey Porter*Rory C. MillerJeanette Barnes PriestMary Etta C. MillsSocorro Madrio PritchettRose Marie T. Sumik MirichJudith Mintzer QuickGlenda Burdett Motta*Carla M. Reeves*Paulette D. Mulligan*Judy A. Pierson Reitz*Linda J. Fuqua MunsonKathleen Gallagher Resnick*Jean H. MurphyElaine J. Lawton RessinKimberley Nopper Nagel*Susan Moroney Richardson*Cheryl P. Nelson*Susan R. RiordanDolores P. Niedzwiecki*M. Susan Pascoe RoyerLinda S. O’Neill NorrisMary Margaret Schultz SaundersFaith Yost NorthropGayle E. SauseleinBarbara Miller O'ConnorLinda A. Schaaf Margaret K. Noctor OshidaCarol A. SchatzmanAlice S. Ottavi*Anna Towber Schubert*Walter Reed Army Institute of Nursing (WRAIN) deceased6
CLASS OF 1971Suzanne E. Scott*Kathleen M. Twohy Frances L. ShiveDonald D. Urban*Julia Oreto Shore*Susan McCabe Valadez Connie L. Slewitzke Rita W. VanlithElizabeth A. Owens Smith*Kathleen E. Wackerle*Joy Vandertill SmithHarriet E. Walker*Kathleen M. Dodt SmothermanCassandra Massec WatkinsHelen P. Brigham Spilman*Judith A. McErlane WeberSharm L. SpragueF. J. Weeks*Jean L. Klingelhoefer Stahnke*Dawn L. WellsHarriet L. Hoffman Straus*Harriet A.Hemingway WheelerJosephine McKee StraussBernadette WhiteFlorence Coligny StrawserKaren White*Valerie Knack Summersett Joanne B. WhitmerGail Boys Taliaferro*Nora M. Klinge Williford*Charlotte Lepley Talman*Linda R. WohlerJoann Russell TaterJudith Rush WoodJanice Bryant TaylorMaureen A. Brown WordenBarbara North Terry*Terree L. Skaggs Wozny*Susan Harshman TheobaldDebra Hordan Wright*Rita Herman TonnerKathy M. Fleming Young*Ellen Heuer TotoL. Gloria McCord ZalosRichard E. Troy*Linda J. Shallenberg Zeller*Rita E. Miller Tschanz*Walter Reed Army Institute of Nursing (WRAIN) deceased7
Special Thanks to the Reunion 2021Planning CommitteeRuth Lee, DNP ’10, MS ’04Mary Etta Mills, MS ’73, BSN ’71Vanessia Morgan-Smith, BSN ’80Malinda Peeples, MS ’97Nicole Ritzau, BSN ’07Cynthia SikorskiCarol Wade, DNP ’15, MS ’99, BSN ’93Robbin Young, BSN ’028
lations at the National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Harden spent 14 years at the NIA and served as Acting Deputy Director, January 1, 2008 - October 10, 2008. While at the NIA, she conceived and/or expanded program initiatives such as the Butler-Williams Scholars Program J Taylor Harden
