Background
Herron, Dorothy Gabell was born on April 22, 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Walter and Mary Gabell.
Herron, Dorothy Gabell was born on April 22, 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Walter and Mary Gabell.
Bachelor of science in nursing, Simmons College, Boston, 1967; Master of Science in Nutritional Sciences, South Carolina. State College, 1984; MSN, University of Southern California, 1986; Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing, U. Maryland., 1994.
Health and nutrition coordinator, Head Start Program, Orangeburg, South Carolina., 1975-1980;
staff nurse, Orangeburg Regional Hospital, 1980-1983;
instructor ADN program, Orangeburg-Calhoun Technology College, 1982-1987;
department head, Orangeburg-Calhoun Technology College, 1985-1987;
clinical nurse specialist, Richland Memorial Hospital, Columbia, South Carolina., 1987-1989;
research assistant, U. Maryland. School Nursing, Baltimore, 1989-1993;
staff nurse, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1990-1993;
instructor, member of faculty, U. Maryland. School Nursing, since 1993.
Acting director undergraduate studies U. Maryland. School Nursing, since 1997. Item writer National Council for Licensing Examinations for RNs, McGraw-Hill, Monterey, California, 1987.
Consultant in field.
Team leader New Orangeburg-Calhoun Regional Hospital Fund Doctor, 1981-1982. Co-chairman United Way Campaign, Orangeburg-Calhoun Technology College, 1986. Newspaper humor columnist The Times and Democrat, Orangeburg, 1975-1987.
Member Gerontological Society American, Maryland. Nurses Association, Sigma Theta Tau.
Married Lanny Herron, September 5, 1964. Children: Elizabeth Ann Herron Wilkes, Deborah Jane Herron Hand.