Dorothy Sturges Saad

Background

Saad, Dorothy Sturges was born on April 23, 1919 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Phillip Gordon and Anna (Taylor) Sturges.

Education

Student, University Maryland, 1940—1942.

Career

Nurse Lee Memorial Hospital, Norfolk, 1939—1942, Steinberger Hospital, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1939—1942. Active visiting nurses, hospital nursing, private duty nursing, supervisor Mobile, Alabama, from 1946. Director nurses, owner Heritage Nursing & Convalescent Center, Inc., 1968.

Owner Heritage Hospice, Southeastern Alimentation, Home Nursing Services, Saad's Medical Equipment, Gordon Oaks Retirement Center, Cezanne's, Inc., Ladies Fine Apparel. Part-owner, president Saad's Home Nursing Services, Mississippi. Member board Accreditations & Standards Committee.

Member health committee Mobile United Way, 1978. Guarantor Mobile Opera Guild, 1979—1982. Served to captain Nurse Corps United States Army, 1942-1946.

Achievements

• Dorothy Sturges Saad has been listed as a noteworthy nursing home administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member board accreditations and standards committee. Member Alabama Board Examiners for Nursing Home Adminstrs. Member areaagy. on aging, Mobile.

Member Ridgefield Neighborhood Community Watch, Mobile.

Member health committee Mobile United Way, 1978. Served to captain Nurse corpus, United States army, 1942-1946, Pacific Theater of Operations.

Member.Physicians and Community Nurses Association, American Nurses Association, Alabama Nursing Home Association, Alabama Nurses Association, American Gerontological Society, Alabama Gerontological Society, Lebanese-American. Club (Woman of Year award 1978), Alabama Medicaid Liaison Council, National Association State Board Examiners for Nursing Home Adminstrs., Mobile County Nurses Society (Administration award 1992), Retired RegisteredNurses" Association, Shriners Ladies Association.

Interests

• Playing with grandchildren. Traveling; rose gardening.

Connections

Married John Elias Saad, November 14, 1942. Children: East.J., Barbara, Alex, Dorothy Ann, Greg, Lee, Gordon (deceased).

Father:

Phillip Gordon Sturges

Mother:

Anna (Taylor) Sturges

Spouse:

John Elias Saad

child:

Dorothy Ann Saad

child:

Barbara Saad

child:

East.J. Saad

child:

Gordon Saad (deceased)

child:

Lee Saad

child:

Alex Saad

child:

Greg Saad