Background
Anderson, Edith Helen was born on June 3, 1927 in New Jersey, United States.
nursing educator academic dean
Anderson, Edith Helen was born on June 3, 1927 in New Jersey, United States.
Bachelor of Science, Manhattanville College, 1951. Master of Arts, New York University, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1963.
Staff nurse Halloran Veterans Administration Hospital, Staten Island, New York, 1948-1949. Camp nurse Ten Mile River camp Boy Scouts American, 1949. Public health nurse Visiting Nurse Association, Elizabeth, New Jersey, 1950-1954, Community Service Society, New York City, 1954-1956.
Instructor practical nursing program Elizabeth (New Jersey) Board Education, 1956-1958. Teaching fellow graduate program in parent-child nursing New York University, 1958-1960, assistant professor, director graduate program in parent-child nursing, 1960-1964. Acting chief nursing section Children's Bureau, Social and Rehabilitation Service, Department of Health, Washington, 1967-1968.
Nursing education consultant Nursing Section Children's Bureau, Welfare Administration, 1964-1969. Dean School Nursing, College Health Sciences and Social Welfare, University Hawaii, Honolulu, 1969-1976. Dean college nursing University Delaware, Newark, 1976-1991, professor, 1991-1992.
Retired, 1992; dean emeritus University Delaware, Newark, 1993-1998. Consultant Puerto Rico Department Health, University Puerto Rico, 1963, Virgin Islands Department Health, 1964, Institute of Technology Interchange East-West Center, University Hawaii, University Panama School Nursing, 1986-1990. Teacher/trainer field training program Provincial Health Department, Republic of China, Taiwan, 1969, teacher/trainer Tuberculosis control, Ryukya Islands, Institute of Technology Interchange, East-West Center, Lyndon B. Johnson Tropical Medical Center, American Samoa, 1970, 71.
Member medical advisory board Veterans Administration Hospital, Elsmere, Delaware, 1977-1987. Member Delaware State Coordinating Health Council, 1978-1984, Health Resource Management Council, 1988-1991. Project director Tri-regional Educational Network Demonstration (Regions I, II, III), 1984-1989.
Member allocation committee United Way, 1986-1989. Board directors St. Francis Hospital, Wilmington, Delaware, 1989-1993. Fellow American Academy Nursing.
Member American Nurses Association, Hawaii Nurses Association (editor magazine 1973-1975, chairman publicity committee 1973-1975), National League Nursing (chairman maternal child nursing section Southern region 1965, chairperson board review of accreditation 1980-1981), Hawaii League Nursing (1st vice president 1973), Mid-Atlantic Regional Nursing Association (1st governing board 1981, vice president 1982-1983), Delaware Nurses Association (chairman cabinet nursing education, board directors 1984-1986), New England Organization Nursing (Delaware representative 1992), Pi Lambda Theta, Sigma Theta Tau.
