Background
Vargas, Lena Bessette was born on December 26, 1922 in Hardwick, Vermont, United States. Daughter of Leon Alphonse and Dorilla Leah (Boudreau) Bessette.
Vargas, Lena Bessette was born on December 26, 1922 in Hardwick, Vermont, United States. Daughter of Leon Alphonse and Dorilla Leah (Boudreau) Bessette.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing Education, University Vermont, 1949.
Instructor basic nursing Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vermont, 1947-1949. Clinical instructor St. Francis Hospital, Evanston, Illinois, 1949-1950. Nurse participant streptomycin therapy research Her Majesty Biggs Memorial Hospital, Ithaca, New York, 1950-1951.
Supervisor ancillary personnel Providence Hospital, Washington, 1953-1955, assistant director nursing, 1965—1987, administrative supervisor, 1987—2005.
Member council, delegate cooperative congress Greenbelt Cooperative, Savage, Maryland, 1983-1986. Board directors Providence Hospital Federal Credit Union, Washington, 1977-1980, vice president board directors, 1983-1985. Member American Association of University Women (chairman various committees, chair Kensington delegate to national convention 1991, gift to Educational Foundation named in her honor by Kensington branch 1992, delegate United States/China Conference on Women's Issues, Beijing 1995), American Nurses Association (certified nursing administrator), Christ Child Society.
Married Jose Emilio Vargas, September 3, 1949. Children: Jose Emilio, Maria del Carmen, J. Ramon, Vicente Andres, Yolanda Teresa.