Background
Colter, Elizabeth Ann was born on January 26, 1931 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Lewis J. and Nancy (Hardy) Coffey.
Colter, Elizabeth Ann was born on January 26, 1931 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Lewis J. and Nancy (Hardy) Coffey.
Diploma, Sacred Heart Hospital, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1951. Associate of Applied Science, Meramec Community College, St. Louis, 1976. Bachelor of Science in Management, Maryville College.
Master of Arts in Management, Central Michigan University, 1983.
Nurse Mercy Hospital, Jackson, Michigan, 1954—1956, Madigan Memorial Hospital, Houlton, Maine, 1956—1959. Staff nurse to assistant head nurse operating room Mercy Hospital, Jackson, 1959—1969. Staff nurse St. Lawrence Hospital, Lansing, Michigan, 1969—1970.
Nurse Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, 1970—1980, head nurse operating room, 1971—1974, assistant director operating room, 1974—1980. Director operating rooms University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1980—1987. Manager critical care Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan, since 1987.
Member of American College Hospital Administrators (nominee), Association Operating Room Nurses (president St. Louis 1973-1974), Phi Theta Kappa, Sigma Theta Tau.
Married Norman C. Colter, July 4, 1952 (divorced September 1979). Children: Gregory, Marianne.