Background
Goodwin, Della McGraw was born on November 21, 1931 in Claremore, Oklahoma, United States. Daughter of James Edward and Allie Mae (Meadows) McGraw.
Goodwin, Della McGraw was born on November 21, 1931 in Claremore, Oklahoma, United States. Daughter of James Edward and Allie Mae (Meadows) McGraw.
Master of Science in Nursing, WayneState University, 1962. Registered Nurse, Michigan Director nursing Boulevard General, Detroit, 1964-1969. Consultant Paramed., Detroit, 1969-1972.
Founding dean nursing and healthWayne County Community College, Detroit, 1970-1986.
President, consultant Della Goodwin & Company, 1986. Chairman Detroit Substance Abuse Council, 1982-1990.
President Health Systems Agency, Southeast Michigan, 1979-1981. Lecturer in field.Author column.
Director nursing Boulevard General, Detroit, 1964—1969. Consultant Paramed., 1969—1972. Founding dean nursing and health Wayne County Community College, 1970—1986.
President, consultant Della Goodwin & Company, since 1986. President Health Systems Agency, Southeast Michigan, 1979—1981. Chairman Detroit Substance Abuse Council, 1982—1990.
Lecturer in field.
Member Detroit Health Commission, since 1982, Drunk Driving Task Force, Lansing, 1982, Women's Conference Concerns, Detroit, 1984. Dean emeritus Wayne County Community College, 1986. Board chairperson National Center Advancement Blacks Health Professions, since 1988, editor official journal Pathways, since 1989.
Member State Health Coordinating Council, Lansing, Michigan, 1979—1984. Member of United Community Services (vice president 1983-1985), National League Nursing, Michigan Nurses Association (congressional district coordinator, Bertha Lee Culp Human Rights award 1985), American Nurses Association (cabinet nursing education 1984-1988), Sigma Theta Tau, Delta Sigma Theta.
Married Jesse F. Goodwin, December 26, 1959. Children: Gordon Francis, Paula Therese, Jesse Stephen.