Background
Battenfield, Betty Lee was born on August 11, 1926 in Houston, Texas, United States. Daughter of Handley Bowles and Bessie Lee (Halstead) Burton.
Battenfield, Betty Lee was born on August 11, 1926 in Houston, Texas, United States. Daughter of Handley Bowles and Bessie Lee (Halstead) Burton.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, University Houston, 1948. Master of Education, University Arkansas, 1965. Master in Nursing, Wichita State University, 1979.
Doctor of Education in Higher Education Administration, University Arkansas, 1980.
Clinical instructor, Methodist Hospital School Nursing, Houston, 1947-1948; staff nurse, Heights Hospital, Houston, 1949-1951; stafff nurse, Hermann Hospital, Houston, 1952-1954; supervisor, City Hospital, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1958-1959; teacher, Elkins (Arkansas) Elementary School, 1959-1961; director, Sequoyah Practical Nursing School, Fayetteville, 1961-1969; head department nursing, U. Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1969-1991; professor emeritus, U. Arkansas, Fayetteville, since 1991. Consultant for nursing school curricula, 1981-1991. Board directors White Black House, Fayetteville, 1970-1975.
Member public school nursing advisory board State Department of Health, Little Rock, 1986-1991. Member advisory board Northwest Arkansas Area Health Education Center, Fayetteville, 1984-1985, 87-91. Chairman budget committee Fayetteville United Way, 1986-1989.
Member American Nurses Association, American Vocational Association, National League for Nursing (chair council associate degree programs, board governors 1989-1991), Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce (health services committee 1984-1991), Rotary International, Sigma Theta Tau.
Married James Robert Battenfield, August 26, 1947. Children: Frantz Robert, James Bruce, Martha Brown.