Background
Wright, Lore Käthe was born on June 14, 1938 in Kolberg, Germany. Daughter of Rudolph and Käthe Martha (Gärtner) Gerner. arrived in the United States, 1966.
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Lore Käthe Wright
Edit ProfilePsychiatric/mental health/geriatric nurse
Education
Diploma, Stockton & Thornaby Hospital, Stockton-on-Tees, England, 1961; Bachelor of Science summa cum laude, Western Michigan U., 1976; MSN, Wayne State University, 1979; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Georgia, 1988.
Career
Staff/charge nurse, assistant supervisor, Toronto (Ontario) East General Hospital, 1962-1964;
primary care nurse, head nurse, Hackley Hospital, Muskegon, Michigan, 1974-1978;
clinical specialist, Medical College Georgia, Augusta, 1980-1981;
associate chief nursing research research, acting chief nurse, VA Medical Center, Augusta, 1982-1984;
assistant professor, center scientist, Medical College Georgia, Augusta, 1988-1991;
postdoctoral fellow, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1991-1992;
assistant professor, associate clinical director, Medical University of Southern California, Charleston, 1993-1995;
associate professor, department chair, Medical College Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, since 1995. Administrator Wilmington (Delaware) Montessori Association, 1969-1973, trustee, 1969-1973. Consultant Hackley Hospital, Muskegon, 1979.
Lecturer in field.
Achievements
Membership
Advisory county Augusta Alzheimer's Association, Augusta, 1980. Member ANA (Outstanding New Investigator 1989), Southern Nursing Research Society (D. Jean Wood award 1993, board directors 1994-1996), Gerontological Society American, Psychiatric Nurses Association (chapter president 1983), International Sociological Honor Society (president 1986), Sigma Theta Tau (chair research committee 1981-1984).
Connections
Married W. Victor Wright, August 26, 1961. 1 child, Alexander C.
