Katherine Russell Kniest

Background

Kniest, Katherine Russell was born on April 27, 1947 in St. Louis. Daughter of William Jacob and Katherine Hoeness (Pickens) Frein.

Education

ADN, Mercy Junior College, Frontenac, Missouri, 1968; Bachelor of science in nursing, St. Saint Louis University, 1970; MSN, Loyola University, Chicago, 1984.

Career

Staff nurse, Cardinal Glennon Memorial Hospital, St. Louis, 1968-1972; head nurse adolescents, The Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missoury, 1972-1974; assistant supervisor pediatrics, Victory Memorial Hospital, Waukegan, Illinois, 1974-1976; instructor nursing, St. Francis Hospital School Nursing, Evanston, Illinois, 1976-1990; assistant professor pediatrics, William Rainey Harper College, Palatine, Illinois, since 1990.

Achievements

• Katherine Russell Kniest has been listed as a noteworthy Pediatrics nurse, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married William Joseph Kniest, August 18, 1972. Children: Margaret, Edward.

Father:

William Jacob Frein

Mother:

Katherine Hoeness (Pickens) Frein

Spouse:

William Joseph Kniest

child:

Margaret Kniest

child:

Edward Kniest