Ellen Debora Willis

Background

Willis, Ellen Debora was born on February 21, 1941 in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Niles John and Ruth Elizabeth (Farrell) Kiefer.

Education

Registered Nurse, Kings County Hospital School Nursing, 1960. Bachelor of Science, Saint Joseph"s College, 1984. Master of Science, U. Scranton, 1986.

Postgraduate.

Career

1 son, Edward John Enslin III. Staff nurseKings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn, 1960-1961. Research assistant department cardiology Downstate Medical Center, U. Brooklyn, 1961-1963. Private duty nurse, New York City, 1963.

Operating room nurse Scranton (Pennsylvania) General Hospital, 1963-1964;assistant operating room supervisor Carbondale (Pennsylvania) General Hospital, 1964-1965, staff nurse, 1969-1970.

Head nurse Saint Joseph"s Hospital, Carbondale, 1965-1966, Horton Hospital, Middletown, New York, 1966-1967, Middletown Eastern State Hospital, 1967-1968. Nursing supervisor Farview Eastern State Hospital, Waymart, Pennsylvania, 1970-1974, patient care coordinator, 1974-1984, director nursing education staff development, 1984-1995.

Director of Nursing education State Correctional Institution at Waymart Psychiatric Forensic Unit, 1995. Commissioner, Economics and General Welfare Commission.

Trustee Pennsylvania Nurses Association Health and Welfare Fund.

Certified psychiatric mental health nurse, nursing education, staff development.

Achievements

• Ellen Debora Willis has been listed as a noteworthy psychiatric nurse by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member National Nursing Staff Development Organisation, Sigma Theta Tau.

Connections

Married Bernard J. Willis.

Father:

Niles John Kiefer

Mother:

Ruth Elizabeth (Farrell) Kiefer

Spouse:

Bernard J. Willis