Background
Gillis, Esten Johnson was born on June 20, 1923 in Duplin County, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of John Perry and Alice (Rouse) Johnson.
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Esten Johnson Gillis
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Esten Johnson Gillis, American nurse, artist. Certified in obstetrics-gynecology; Registered Nurse James Walker Hospital, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1944, Texas, North Carolina. Member of Brunswick Arts Council, Associated Artists Southport (secretary 1982-1983), Texas Nurses Association (president district 1 1968).
Career
Supervisor Margaret Hague Hospital, Jersey City, 1945. Staff nurse labor, delivery Binghamton City Hospital, New York, 1945—1947. Obstetrical nurse Wesley Long Hospital, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1947—1948, Seaside Hospital, Long Beach, California, 1948—1950.
Night supervisor Sampson County Memorial Hospital, Clinton, North Carolina, 1950—1954. Head obstetrical nurse St. Luke Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida, since 1955. Staff nurse, medical-surgical Garrison Hospital, Gastonia, North Carolina, since 1956.
Private practice, El Paso, Texas, 1957—1963. Assistant director Nursing Southwest Hospital, El Paso, 1963—1968. Nurse Intensive Care Unit, Marin General Hospital, San Rafael, California, 1968—1969.
Staff nurse Veterans Administration Hospital, Charleston, South Carolina, 1969—1975, Dosher Memorial Hospital, Southport, North Carolina, 1982—1983. Painter multi-media landscape, since 1966. Potter, since 1976, Franklin Square Gallery, Southport, North Carolina.
Achievements
Membership
Member of Brunswick Arts Council, Associated Artists Southport (secretary 1982-1983), Texas Nurses Association (president district 1 1968).
Connections
Married Rudolph F. Hasty, January 8, 1955 (divorced 1968). Married William Arthur Gillis, May 26, 1972 (deceased 1980).
Career
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1945
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1947 - 1948
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1948 - 1950
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1950 - 1954
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1955