Background
Walker, Elva Mae Dawson was born on June 29, 1914 in Everett, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Charles Edward and Mary Elizabeth (Livingston) Dawson.
Walker, Elva Mae Dawson was born on June 29, 1914 in Everett, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Charles Edward and Mary Elizabeth (Livingston) Dawson.
Registered Nurse, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1937. Student, Simmons College, 1935. Student, University Minnesota, 1945—1948.
Registered Nurse, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1937. Student Simmons College, 1935, University of Minnesota, 1945-1948. Married Walter Willard Walker, December 16, 1939 (division 1969).
Supervisor nursery Wesson Maternity Hospital, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1937-1938.
Assistant supervisor out-patient department Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1938-1940. Supervisor surgery and out-patient department University Hospitals, Minneapolis, 1945.
Chairman Governor"s Citizens Council on Aging, Minnesota, 1960-1968, acting director, 1962-1966, Economics Opportunity Committee Hennepin County, 1964-1969. Vice president, treasurer National Purity Soap & Chemical Company, 1968-1969, president, 1969-1976, Chairman of the Board, 1976, company Executive officer, 1993.
Consultant on aging to Minnesota Department Public Welfare, 1962-1967.
Member of national advisory Council for Nurse Training Acting, 1965-1969, Committee Status on Women in Armed Superior vena cava syndrome, 1967-1970. Director National Council on the Aging, 1963-1967, secretary, 1965-1967, 1986-1988, chairperson, 1988-1991. Chairman Minnesota Board on Aging, 1982-1991, National Retiree Volunteer Center, 1982-1989.
Director Planning Agency for Hospitals of Metropolitan Minneapolis, 1963-1967, United Hospital Fund of Hennepin County, 1955-1960, National Council Social Work Education, 1966-1968.
Vice Chairman.Hennepin County General Hospital Advisory Board, 1965-1968. Secretary Hennepin County Health Coalition, 1973.
Chairman, Board Of Directors American Rehabilitation Foundation, 1962-1968, vice chairman, 1968-1970, chairman Minnesota Board On Aging, 1988-1991, Senior Resources, 1985-1987, Older Persons Vision Council, United Way, 1995. President of the board of trustees Northwestern Hospital, 1956-1959, Children"s Hospital Minneapolis, 1961-1965.
Director Twin Cities International Program for Youth Leaders and Social Workers, Incorporated., 1965-1967.
Member community advisory county United Cmty. Funds and Council American, Incorporated., 1968, National Assembly Social Policy and Development, Incorporated., 1968-1974, Minnesota Action for Children Commission, 1989, member, 1991. Member priorities determination committee United Fund Minneapolis, 1971.
Vice chairman government specifications committee Soap and Detergent Association, 1972-1976, vice-chairman industrial and institution committee, 1974-1976, chairman, 1976-1978, board directors, 1974.
Candidate for Congress, 3d Minnesota District, 1966. Trustee Macalester College, Archie Doctorate. and Bertha H. Walker Foundation.
Chairman Saint Mary"s Junior College Board, 1970-1974, 78-80, Older Persons visiting committee county United Way, 1996. President.U. Minnesota School Nursing Foundation, 1958-1970.
President Minnesota Gerontological Society, 1994-1995.
Secretary Metro Area Agency Aging Minnesota, 1995.
Member of national advisory Council for Nurse Training Acting, 1965-1969, Committee Status on Women in Armed Superior vena cava syndrome, 1967-1970. Member community advisory county United Cmty. Funds and Council American, Incorporated., 1968, National Assembly Social Policy and Development, Incorporated., 1968-1974, Minnesota Action for Children Commission, 1989.
Member priorities determination committee United Fund Minneapolis, 1971.
Member American Public Welfare Association, Minnesota Gerontological Society (president 1994), Minneapolis Medical ResearchFound., Minnesota League Nursing (president 1971-1973), Junior League Minneapolis.
Married John Jay Spillane Junior. Married Walter Willard Walker, December 16, 1939 (divorced 1969).