Bernice Grace Johnson

Background

Johnson, Bernice Grace was born on February 6, 1939 in Pittsburgh. Daughter of John Blair and Bernice Laverne (Bode) Dale.

Education

Bachelor of science in nursing, Capital U., 1960; Master of Arts, West Virginia University, 1981; MSN, U. Tennessee, 1989.

Career

Public health nurse, Lexington (Kentucky)-Fayette County Health Department, 1961-1962; instructor, U. Iowa College Nursing, Iowa City, 1962-1963; staff Registered Nurse, Iowa City Visiting Nurse Association, 1964-1965; co-founder, teacher, coordinator, Childbirth Education Association, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 1969-1972; associate professor, West Virginia University, Parkersburg, 1972-1990; assistant nurse manager, Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, Ohio., 1990-1991; program manager, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, 1991-1995; program head ADN program, Wytheville (Virginia) Community College, since 1995. Consultant SITES project Mid Ohio Valley Health Department, Parkersburg, 1983-1984.

Achievements

• Bernice Grace Johnson has been listed as a noteworthy Nurse educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board member Planned Parenthood, Parkersburg, 1979-1980. Member Chorus Columbus, 1993-1994, Highland Camarata, Independence, Virginia, 1996. Judge Blue Ridge Highlands Science Fair, Wytheville, 1996, 97.

Board member, president Parkersburg Choral Society. Member ANA, National League for Nursing, Virginia League for Nursing, Virginia Community College Association, Virginia Program Head.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, needlework, gardening.

Connections

Married Richard Lawrence Johnson, June 25, 1960 (divorced June 1981). Children: Paul Edward, Amy Grace Johnson Burger.

Father:

John Blair Dale

Mother:

Bernice Laverne (Bode) Dale

Spouse:

Richard Lawrence Johnson

child:

Amy Grace Johnson Burger Johnson

child:

Paul Edward Johnson