Background
TenBrink-Wyngarden, Helen Dorothea was born on October 29, 1921 in Ottawa County, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Eugene James and Ida (Dykstra) TenB.
public health nursing educator
TenBrink-Wyngarden, Helen Dorothea was born on October 29, 1921 in Ottawa County, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Eugene James and Ida (Dykstra) TenB.
Diploma, Butterworth School Nursing, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1945. Bachelor of Science in Public Health Nursing, University Michigan, 1952. Master in Public Health, University North Carolina, 1969.
Staff nurse psychiatric unit Institute of Living, Hartford, Connecticut, 1945-1946. Public health nurse Kalamazoo City-County Health Department, 1948-1950, Poonamalee Child Guidance Unit, Madras, India, 1952-1959, Allegan County Health Department, Allegan, Michigan, 1960-1962. Instructor pediatrics Hagerstown (Maryland) Hospital School Nursing, 1962-1963.
Public health nurse consultant Wisconsin Department Public Health, Fond du Lac, 1963-1967, World Health Organization, New Delhi, 1970-1978. Assistant professor University Arkansas School Nursing, Little Rock, 1969-1970. Associate professor public health nursing West Virginia Weslayan College, Buckhannon, 1978-1984.
Retired, 1984.
Board directors Area Agency on Aging, Tampa, Florida, 1985-1988. Elementary school volunteer on teen parenting, Sebring, Florida. Member American Association of University Women (president 1985-1987), Federated Women's Club.
Married Herman J. Wyngarden, November 24, 1984 (deceased November 1988). Children: stepchildren: Nan Vosburg, Mary Ellen Haan, James.