Gary Wilson Tucker

Background

Tucker, Gary Wilson Son of Clayton Wilson Junior and Jewell (Shelton) Tucker.

Education

ADN, Cleveland (Tennessee) State Community College, 1980; Bachelor of Social Work, Lamar U., Beaumont, Texas, 1991; Master in Public Health, University Texas School Public Health, 1996; Bachelor of science in nursing, Lamar U., 1999.

Career

Nurse, relief shift supervisor, Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute, Chattanooga, 1980-1981; staff nurse pediatrics Intensive Care Unit, Thompson Childrens', Chattanooga, 1981-1983; nurse, consultant, King Fahad Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1983; staff nurse Intensive Care Unit/ Cardiac Care Unit, Beaumont (Texas) Medical-Surgical Hospital, 1984-1988; charge nurse Cardiac Care Unit, hemodialysis, Baptist Hospital, Beaumont, 1988-1993; cardio-vascular nurse educator, Baptist Hospital, Beaumont, 1993-1996; department head, staff development and continuing education nurse, Baptist Hospital, Beaumont, 1996-1999; research technican, University Texas, Houston Health Science Center, since 1998.

Achievements

• Gary Wilson Tucker has been listed as a noteworthy Nurse educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member AACN, ANA, Texas Nurses Association.

Connections

Father:

Clayton Wilson Tucker Junior

Mother:

Jewell (Shelton) Tucker