Joellen Margaret Beck Hawkins

Background

Hawkins, Joellen Margaret Beck was born on December 15, 1941 in Harvey, North Dakota, United States. Daughter of Charles Joel and Gertrude Adelaide (Waits) Beck.

Education

Student, Oberlin College, 1959-1961; Diploma, Chicago Wesley Memorial Hospital, School of Nursing, 1964; Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Northwestern University, Chicago, 1964; Master of Science, Boston College, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy, Boston College, 1977.

Career

Staff nurse, Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Memorial Hospital, 1964-1965; instructor, staff, Boston Lying in Hospital, 1965-1966, 68-69; staff nurse, Brookline (Massachusetts) Visiting Nurse Association, 1968; staff nurse, Guy's Hospital, London, 1968; campus nurse, Roger Williams College, Bristol, Rhode Island, 1969-1970; instructor, Salve Regina College, Newport, Rhode Island, 1970-1974; member of faculty, Roger Williams College, Bristol, 1974-1975; professor, U. Connecticut, Storrs, 1978-1983; assistant, associate professor, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 1975-1978; professor, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, since 1983. Women's health nurse practitioner Crittenton Hastings House, since 1984.

Achievements

• Joellen Margaret Beck Hawkins has been listed as a noteworthy Nursing educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Academy Nursing. Member ANA, Massachusetts Nurses Association (Distinguished Nurse Researcher award 1984, Lucy Lincoln Drown Nursing History award 1994), International Council Women's Health, National Academy Practice, American Association for History Nursing (nominating chairman 1989), Association Women's Health Obstetricand Neonatal Nurses, Sigma Theta Tau (Elizabeth Russell Belford Founder's award for excellence in education 1993).

Interests

• Avocation: nursing history.

Connections

Married Charles AlbertWatson, June 27, l964 (divorced l978). Children: John Charles, Andrew Bruce. Married David Gene Hawkins, October 4, l978.

Father:

Charles Joel Beck

Mother:

Gertrude Adelaide (Waits) Beck

Spouse:

David Gene Hawkins

Spouse:

Charles AlbertWatson

child:

John Charles Hawkins

child:

Andrew Bruce Hawkins