Florence Stevens Cromwell

Background

Cromwell, Florence Stevens was born on May 14, 1922 in Lewistown, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of William Andrew and Florence (Stevens) Cromwell.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Education, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1943; Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy, Washington University, St. Louis, 1949; Master of Arts, University of Southern California, 1952; certified in health facility administration, University of California at Los Angeles, 1978.

Career

Member of staff, then supervising therapist, Los Angeles County General Hospital, 1949-1953; occupational therapist, Goodwill Industries, Los Angeles, 1954-1955; staff therapist, Visiting Nurse Association, Philadelphia, 1955-1956; research therapist, United Cerebral Palsy Association, Los Angeles, 1956-1960; director occupational therapy, Orthopaedic Hospital, Los Angeles, 1961-1967; coordinator occupational therapy Research and Training Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1967-1970; associate professor, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1970-1976; acting department chairman occupational therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1973-1976; member of advisory board project SEARCH, School Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1969-1972; founding editor, Occupational Therapy in Health Care journal, 1984-1988; editor emerita, Occupational Therapy in Health Care journal, since 1988. Associate director Los Angeles Job Corps Center, 1977-1978, consultant in education and program development, 1976-1995. Free-lance editor, since 1986.

Achievements

• Florence Stevens Cromwell has been listed as a noteworthy occupational therapist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Occupational therapist's manual for basic skills assessment or primary pre-vocational evaluation

Membership

Member scholarship committee Los Angeles March of Dimes, 1963—1970. Mentor University Texas-Galveston Class 1990 Occupational Therapy. Board directors American Occupational Therapy Foundation, 1965—1969, vice president, 1966—1969.

Board directors National Health Council, 1975—1978. Fellow: American Occupational Therapy Association (president 1967-1973, President's WLWest commendation AOTA-AOTF 1999). Member: Association Schools Allied Health Professions (director 1973-1974), Coalition Indiana Health Professions (chairman 1973-1974), Southern California Occupational Therapy Association (president 1950-1951, 1975-1976), Institute Medicine National Academy of Sciences (emerita 2002), Cwen, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Kappa Delta Pi, Mortar Board.

Connections

Father:

William Andrew Cromwell

Mother:

Florence (Stevens) Cromwell