Margaret Linda Hamilton Birney

Background

Birney, Margaret Linda Hamilton was born on November 13, 1954 in Springfield, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Leo Francis and Margaret Frances Hamilton.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing magna cum laude, West Chester U., 1976; Master of Science in Nursing, U. Delaware, 1978; postgraduate, Wayne State University, since 1985.

Career

Staff nurse, Crozer Chester (Pennsylvania) Medical Center, 1976-1978; staff nurse, St. Francis Hospital, Wilmington, Delaware, 1978-1981; from staff educator to instructor nursing, St. Francis Hospital, Wilmington, Delaware, summer 1981; from instructor to assistant professor, U. Delaware, Newark, 1978-1984; lecturer, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1984-1986; research assistant, Wayne State University, 1988-1989; assistant professor, Oakland U., Rochester, Michigan, 1987-1988; with graduate clinical faculty oncology nursing, University of Pennsylvania School Nursing, Philadelphia, 1989-1990; assistant professor, cardiopulmonary clinical nurse specialist program, University Delaware, Newark, since 1990. Consultant Delaware Board Nursing, Dover, 1983-1984, BlueCross/Blue Shield, Wilmington, 1982-1983. Past member numerous committees U. Delaware, Wayne State University.

Achievements

• Margaret Linda Hamilton Birney has been listed as a noteworthy Nursing educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Active Adams West Civic Association, 1984-1989, West Chestnut Hill Road Civic Association, since 1990. Member American Nurses Association, American Association Critical Care Nurses, Oncology Nursing Society, Delaware Nurses Association, Sigma Theta Tau, Alpha Lambda Delta.

Connections

Married Rudolph Nelson Birney, May 20, 1978.

Father:

Leo Francis Hamilton

Mother:

Margaret Frances Hamilton

Spouse:

Rudolph Nelson Birney