Background
Crowder, Dorothy Sholes was born on June 15, 1926 in Colonial Heights, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Wilbur Irwin and Dorothy (Townsend) Sholes.
Crowder, Dorothy Sholes was born on June 15, 1926 in Colonial Heights, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Wilbur Irwin and Dorothy (Townsend) Sholes.
Bachelor of science in nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, 1974. Master of Science, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical School Nursing, Richmond, 1976.
Night supervisor Petersburg (Virginia) General Hospital, 1946—1949. Office nurse Doctor Thomas B. Pope, Petersburg, 1950—1960. Staff nurse Petersburg General Hospital, 1960—1964.
Instructor Petersburg General Hospital School of Nursing, 1964—1972. Assistant professor nursing Medical College Virginia School of Nursing, Richmond, 1976—1978, associate professor nursing, 1978—1993, associate professor nursing emeritus, since 1994.
Ward captain Civic Association, Petersburg, Virginia, 1952—1960. Sunday School teacher. Church health and welfare nurse.
Board directors American Cancer Society, Richmond, since 1999, March of Dimes, Richmond, since 1999. Member of American Nurses Association, Medical College Virginia Nursing Alumni Association, Association Women's Health, Obstetric and Neo-natal Nurses (chapter president 1984-1986), Virginia Nurses Association (district president 1978-1992, Maternal and Child Nurse of Year 1984), Sigma Tau.
Married George Willard Crowder, November 2, 1949. 1 child Carol Elizabeth Crowder Johnson.