Davena D. Szmyt

Background

Szmyt, Davena D. was born on November 18, 1939 in Brockton, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of David Elroy Dart and Lorena (Young) Love.

Education

Diploma, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital School Nursing, 1960.

Career

Charge nurse, Boston Lying-In Hospital, 1960-1962; supervisor operating room, Beverly Hills (California) Doctors Hospital, 1962-1964; charge nurse, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1964-1965; organizer, head nurse surgical Intensive Care Unit, Boston City Hospital and Harvard Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Boston, 1967-1968; instructor nursing faculty, Lawrence (Massachusetts) General Hospital School Nursing, 1968-1970; assistant director nursing, director inservice education, Hunt Memorial Hospital, Danvers, Massachusetts, 1970-1977; organizer lst regional health center, Urgent Care Unit, Wilmington, Massachusetts, 1977-1980; co-owner, business manager, Freedman Fur Associations, Inc., Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1980-1984; owner, president, Freedman Furs. of N.H. Inc., Plaistow, N.H., since 1984; co-owner, administrator, Plaistow (N.H.) Medical Center, since 1991. Board directors Rockingham County Trust Bank.

Achievements

• Davena D. Szmyt has been listed as a noteworthy retail executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors Timberland Civic Association, Plaistow, 1972. Founder, past president Plaistow Area Commerce Exchange Inc., 1985-1987, board directors 1989-1990, treasurer, since 1990. Secretary Plaistow Safety Complex Building Committee, 1984, 2d building committee, 1984-1987.

Member Plaistow Budget Committee, 1985, board of selectmen, 1982-1992, chairman, 1991-1992. Property committee First Baptist cgh., Plaistow, 1986-1988. Director Plaistow Civic Defense, 1980-1987.

Select liaison Budget Committee, 1987-1991. Member Plaistow Business and Professional Women Federation (president 1985-1986), Plaistow Area Commerce Exchange Inc., Master Furrier Guild, Experimental Aircrat Association.

Interests

• Avocations: sports aviation, camping, travel, dancing, traveling.

Connections

Married Henry Joseph Szmyt, August 3, 1969. Children: Paul Scott, Steven Todd, Christopher Henry.

Father:

David Elroy Dart Love

Mother:

Lorena (Young) Love

Spouse:

Henry Joseph Szmyt

child:

Steven Todd Szmyt

child:

Christopher Henry Szmyt

child:

Paul Scott Szmyt