Background
Sayers, Hazel Jean was born on November 18, 1927 in Nappanee, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Chauncey Arthur and Freda Irene (Neumann) Neff.
Sayers, Hazel Jean was born on November 18, 1927 in Nappanee, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Chauncey Arthur and Freda Irene (Neumann) Neff.
Certified in nursing, Indiana University Training School for Nurses, Indianapolis, 1948. Certified advancement, City Hospital of St. Louis University, 1951.
Staff nurse operatig room, Indiana U. Medical Center, Indianapolis, 1948-1951; operating room supervisor, Kauikiolani Children's Hospital, Honolulu, 1951-1953; head nurse, Rehabilitation Center Hawaii, Honolulu, 1954-1956; head nurse recovery room, University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center, 1956-1963; head nurse research laboratory, Harbor General Hospital, Torrance, California, 1964-1967; research program specialist, University of California, San Diego, 1967-1985; coordinator postgraduate surgery assembly School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 1982; coordinator, member of faculty, Microsurgery Education & Research Foundation's Microsurg. Training Workshops, 1982-1985; transplant coordinator, Transplant Organ Foundation of America, 1983-1985; research associate department surgery College of Medicine, U. Cincinnati, 1985-1990; coordinator donor bone marrow program, San Diego Blood Bank, since 1991.
Member American Cetacean Society (editorial advisor Journal, Woman of Year award l98l), International Microsurg. Society (treasurer l976-89, secretary-general since 1989), Society Microsurg. Specialists (chartered), Society for Marine Mammalogy (associate), Sierra Club, Nature Conservancy.
Married Rastislav Boris Sayers, July 3, l953.