Betty Watts Carrington

Background

Carrington, Betty Watts was born on March 14, 1936 in West Virginia, United States. Daughter of James Henry and Odessa E. Watts.

Education

Bachelor of science in nursing, University Michigan, 1958. Master of Science, Columbia University, 1971. Doctor of Education, Columbia University, 1986.

Career

Director nurse-midwifery service Maternity-Infant Care Project/Brookdale Hospital Affiliation, Brooklyn, 1972-1979. Associate professor nurse-midwifery State University of New York Health Science Center, 1979-1986. Director graduate program in nurse-midwifery Columbia University School Nursing, New York City, 1986-1991.

Nurse-midwife research associate department obstetrics-gynecology Harlem Hospital Center, 1989-1997, retired, 1998. Consultant minority recruitment and retention, since 1981.

Achievements

• Betty Watts Carrington has been listed as a noteworthy nurse midwife, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of NAUW (Long Island branch president 1986-1990, chairperson national program standards committee since 1994), American College Nurse Midwives (national vice president 1973-1974, chair division accreditation since 1999, Hattie Hemschemeyer award 2001), Sigma Theta Tau.

Connections

Married Homer Staten Island Carrington, August 17, 1958 (deceased). Children: Michael S., Lynn Ellen.

Father:

James Henry

Mother:

Odessa E. Watts

Spouse:

Homer Staten Island Carrington

child:

Lynn Ellen Carrington

child:

Michael S. Carrington