Catherine Arlene Nickens

Background

Nickens, Catherine Arlene was born on October 30, 1932 in Litchfield, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Harley Lloyd Moore and Ida Mae Reynolds.

Education

Nursing diploma, St. Joseph's Hospital, 1954.

Career

Staff nurse, St. Joseph's Hospital, Alton, Illinois, 1954-1955; staff nurse, St. Mary's Hospital, Streator, Illinois, 1962-1968; supervisor, acting director, St. Mary's Hospital, Streator, Illinois, 1968-1970; nursing supervisor, Illini Hospital, Silvis, Illinois, 1970-1974; office nurse pediatrician's office, Silvis, 1974-1975; staff nurse telemetry/drug abuse, North Miami General Hospital, Miami, Florida, 1975-1980; staff nurse, relief supervisor, Petaluma (California) Valley Hospital, 1981-1997. Participant women's health study Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, since 1994.

Achievements

• Catherine Arlene Nickens has been listed as a notable nurse, freelance writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Civil Liberties Union, New York City, 1995, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Washington, since 1994, National Museum of America Indian/Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1996-1997. Friend of the quilt NAMES Project Memorial Quilt, San Francisco, since 1992. Member friendship circuit American Foundation for Acuired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Research, Washington, since 1994.

Volunteer Santa Rosa Police Department, since 1997. Member Romance Writers of America (mentor to unpublished writers since 1995).

Interests

• Avocations: reading, traveling, needlework, doll-making.

Connections

Married Carl Roland Nickens, September 4, 1954 (divorced April 1975). Children: Linda Dianne, Carl Roland Junior, Karen Patricia, Eric Moore.

Father:

Harley Lloyd Moore

Mother:

Ida Mae Reynolds

Spouse:

Carl Roland Nickens

child:

Karen Patricia Nickens

child:

Eric Moore Nickens

child:

Linda Dianne Nickens

child:

Carl Roland Junior Nickens