Background

Applegate, Edna was born on May 15, 1919 in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Daughter of George Washington Howell and Dora Maude (Bearce) HOwell.

Education

1 child, Nancy Kay. Registered Nurse, Hotel Dieu School Nursing, 1942. Bachelor of Science, Columbia University, 1956, Master of Science, 1963. School nurse teacher Garden City Public School, New York, 1960-1973.

Public health nurse Nassau County Department Health, Garden City, 1953-1960.

Career

Public health nurse Nassau County Department Health, Garden City, 1953—1960. School nurse teacher Gerden City Public School, 1960—1973. Second lieutenant Nurse Corp United States Army, 1942-1944.

Achievements

• Edna Applegate has been listed as a noteworthy volunteer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors Maternal and Child Health Center, Santa Fe, 1978—1980. Member steering committee March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, 1979—1985, volunteer coordinator New Mexico chapter, 1985—1986. Member advisory board women's unit Charter Sunrise Hospital, Albuquerque, 1985.

Member finance committee St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1978—1983. Co-founder Gilbert & Sullivan Society, 1984. Charter member Compadres del Palacio, 1986.

Chairman New Mexico committee to restore the Montezuma (New Mexico) Hotel, since 1986. Board directors New Mexico chapter Myasthenia Gravis Foundation, since 1986, League of Women Voters, Santa Fe, 1974—1980, Volunteer Involvement Service, Santa Fe, 1977—1983, Santa Fe Opera Guild, 1981—1982, Santa Fe Cancer Society, 1983—1984. Fellow: Royal Society Health, American School Health Association.

Member: New York Mental Health Association.

Connections

Married George Edward Applegate, November 30, 1945 (deceased 1980). 1 child Nancy Kay.

Father:

George Washington Howell HOwell

Mother:

Dora Maude (Bearce) HOwell

Spouse:

George Edward Applegate

child:

Nancy Kay Applegate