Background
Whildin, Leonora Porreca was born on December 7, 1926 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of John and Anna (Annunziata) Porreca.
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Leonora Porreca Whildin
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Bachelor of Science, Boston University, 1954. Master of Science, Columbia University, 1971.
Career
Cadet nurse corporations, Boston City Hospital, 1943-1946;
staff, assistant head nurse neurology, neurosurgery, Boston City Hospital, 1946-1948;
scrub nurse neurosurgery, Boston City Hospital, 1948-1950;
civilian nurse, Department of Army, Bremerhaven, Germany, 1948;
public health nurse, Brooklyn Visiting Nurse Association, 1954-1956;
instructor, Helene Fulde School of Practical Nursing, New York City, 1956-1957;
public health nurse, V.N.A. Morris Company, Morristown, New Jersey, 1967;
instructor, All Souls Hospital School of Nursing, Morristown, New Jersey, 1968-1969;
guest lecturer, Seton Hall U., South Orange, New Jersey, 1978. Delegate American Nurses Assn, Massachusetts, 1954. By-Laws Committee American College Nurse Midwives, New York, 1972, By-Laws Committee American College Nurse Midwives (New Jersey chapter), 1980.
Board member V.N.A. Morris Company, Morristown, New Jersey, 1977-1978. Vice president bd.health, Randolph Township, Randolph, New Jersey, 1972-1974.
Achievements
Membership
Council woman Randolph Township, 1972-1978. Mayor (1st woman mayor) Randolph Township, 1977. Democratic party county committee, Morris Company, Morristown, New Jersey, 1972-1996.
Democratic party state committee, New Jersey, 1992-1998. Volunteer United Way of Morris County. Member American Public Health Association, American Nurses Association, League of Women Voters, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey (board member 1964-1966), Sigma Theta Tau.
Interests
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Married William Miller Whildin. Children: Susan Lee, Robert Miller, Walter Thomas.
Education
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1954
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1971
Career
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1943 - 1946
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1948 - 1950
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1948
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1954 - 1956
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1956 - 1957
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1967
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1968 - 1969
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1978