Barbara Evelyn Bishop

Background

Bishop, Barbara Evelyn was born on November 14, 1940 in Des Moines. Daughter of Wendell William and Margaret Evelyn (Sullivan) Bishop.

Education

Bachelor of Science cum laude, St. Olaf College, 1962. MSN, University Washington, 1965.

Career

Staff nurse, Children's Orthopedic Hospital, Seattle, 1962-1963; instructor, Center Washington Deaconess Hospital, Wenatchee, 1964-1965; instructor, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1965-1967; assistant professor, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1968-1969; assistant professor, University of Minnesota School of Public Health and Pilot City Health Center, Minneapolis, 1969-1970; maternal and child health consultant, Minneapolis Health Department, 1970-1973; program coordinator division maternal and child health, ANA, 1973-1975; founder, MCN The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, New York, since 1975; founder, MCN Convention, New York City, 1985-1990; consultant, MCN Convention, New York City, 1985-1996. Grant reveiwer National Foundation, March of Dimes, White Plains, 1981-1982, perinatal site visit teams, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 1975, Bureau Maternal and Child Health, Department Department of Health and Human Services, 1988. Board directors Nurses House.

Member Nurses House Board, since 1994.

Achievements

• Registered Nurse.

Membership

Member health services committee Children's Aid Society, New York City, 1981-1985. Member of national advising committee health service and education Boys Club American. Member health advisory board committee Family Planning Council, 1989-1995.

Member of advisory board Leinhard School Nursing, 1985-1992.

Connections

Father:

Wendell William Bishop

Mother:

Margaret Evelyn (Sullivan) Bishop