Background
Shinn, Linda Jane was born on January 10, 1948 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Richard Kenneth and Dorothy Elaine Shinn.
Shinn, Linda Jane was born on January 10, 1948 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Richard Kenneth and Dorothy Elaine Shinn.
Nursing degree, Memorial Hospital, South Bend, Indiana, 1968. Bachelor, Indiana University, Indianapolis, 1977. Master, Indiana Center University, 1983.
Staff nurse, Memorial Hospital, South Bend, 1968; staff nurse, Robert Long Hosp, Indianapolis, 1969-1970; director legislation and labor relations program, Indiana State Nurses Association, Indianapolis, 1969-1971; assistant executive director, Indiana State Nurses Association, Indianapolis, 1971-1973; associate executive director, Indiana State Nurses Association, Indianapolis, 1973-1980; executive director, Indiana State Nurses Association, Indianapolis, 1980-1983; division director, American Nurses' Association, Kansas City, Missoury, 1983-1987; deputy executive director, American Nurses' Association, Kansas City, Missoury, since 1987. Adjunct instructor U. Kansas, Kansas City, 1986-1990.
Member Governor's Commission on Status of Women, Indianapolis, 1975, Governor's Council on Sports Medicine, Indianapolis, 1980-1982. Mentor Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, 1974-1983, Avila College, Kansas City, Missouri, 1986. Second vice president Spay-Neuter Services, Inc., Indianapolis.
Member advisory group National Disaster Medical System, Washington, 1985. Fellow American Society Association Executives (certified 1989). Member American Nurses Association, American Management Association, sigma Theta Tau, Epsilon Sigma Alpha.