Background
Dreyfuss, Katharine R. was born on September 13, 1934 in Santa Maria, California, United States. Daughter of Benedict and Katharine Burlingame (Schwartz) Rich.
Dreyfuss, Katharine R. was born on September 13, 1934 in Santa Maria, California, United States. Daughter of Benedict and Katharine Burlingame (Schwartz) Rich.
Bachelor, Pomona College, 1955; Minnesota, Yale University, 1958.
Charge nurse, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1958; school nurse, Newton High School, Newtonville, Massachusetts, 1958-1959; staff nurse, Pomona Valley Community Hospital, Pomona, California, 1959; public health nurse, Los Angeles County Health Department, Pomona, 1959-1960; occupational health nurse, Los Angeles Times, 1981-1990; assistant clinical professor, University of California at Los Angeles School Nursing, since 1982; school nurse, Health Champions coordinator, Santa Monica (California) Malibu Unified School District, since 1976. Part-time staff nurse Robert Louis Stevenson School, Pebble Beach, California, 1960-1961, Midland School, Los Olivos, California, 1961-1963, San Luis Obispo California County Hospital, 1963-1964, University of California at Los Angeles Student Health Superior vena cava syndrome, 1972-1973. Co-director Camp Trinity/Bar 717 Ranch, Hayfork, California, 1975-1979.
Board directors St. Augustine By-the-Sea Episcopal Day School, Santa Monica, 1972-1975, Young Women’s Christian Association, Santa Monica, 1971-1975. Member California School Nurses Organization (treasurer southern section 1993-1994), Los Angeles County School Nurses Association (nominating committee chairman, School Nurse of Year 1992-1993, 93-94, editor newsletter since 1997), National Association School Nurses, Santa Monica Classroom Teachers Association (nominating committee chairman, chair nominations and elections committee), Parent-Teachers Association.
Married John Alan Dreyfuss, June 28, 1958. Children: Karen Elizabeth, James Henry, Kimberly Anne, Katharine Marks.