Background
Caruso-Herman, Dorothy Jean was born on June 3, 1931 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Daughter of Benjamin Maurice and Ethel Fae (Coldiron) Matlick.
Caruso-Herman, Dorothy Jean was born on June 3, 1931 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Daughter of Benjamin Maurice and Ethel Fae (Coldiron) Matlick.
Associate of Arts in Nursing, Pasadena City College, 1973. Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, 1976. Postgraduate, Columbia Pacific University, since 1984.
Staff nurse, head nurse, Verdugo Hills Hospital, Glendale, California, 1974-1976; nurse practitioner, Roberts Medical Group, Glendale, 1976-1979; hospice director, Verdugo Hills Visiting Nurses Association Hospice in the Home, Glendale, 1979-1986; private practice thanatology consultant, La Crescenta, California, since 1986. Director education Community Hospice Care, San Gabriel, California, 1991-1995, Vitas-Inovative Hospice Care, since 1995.
Board of directors Teen Age Grief, Inc., Van Nuys, California, 1985-1991. Member American Association of University Women, Hospice Nurses Association (founder, president of the board directors 1987-1991), California State Hospice Association (board directors 1986-1991), Verdugo Hills Business andProfl. Women (Outstanding Woman of Year 1986), Children's Hospice Association (chartered).
Married Arthur W. Caruso, February 18, 1951 (divorced 1980). Children: Steven A., Gregg A. Married John D. Herman, March 23, 1985 (deceased 1987).