Marjorie MacGregor Lygas

Background

Lygas, Marjorie MacGregor was born on October 14, 1942 in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. Daughter of James Clifton and Helen Isabel (McDonnell) MacGregor. came to the United States, 1966.

Education

Diploma in nursing, St. Joseph School Nursing, Cornwall, Ontario, 1963; Bachelor of science in nursing, Texas Woman's U., 1992; Master of Science, Texas Woman's U., 1997.

Career

Surgical floor staff nurse, King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Hamilton, Bermuda, 1964-1966; Intensive Care Unit staff nurse, Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, New York, 1966-1968; critical care staff nurse, Memorial City Medical Center, Houston, 1973-1979; emergency staff nurse, Memorial City Medical Center, Houston, 1979-1981; emergency department coordinator, Memorial City Medical Center, Houston, 1981-1994; trauma coordinator, Lyndon Baines Johnson Hospital of Harris County Hospital District, Houston, since 1994. Guest lecturer Houston Community College ADN program, since 1990.

Achievements

• Marjorie MacGregor Lygas has been listed as a noteworthy Critical care nurse by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Society Trauma Nurses, Trauma Coords. Forum, American Trauma Society, Emergency Nurses Association, Sigma Theta Tau.

Interests

• Avocation: nursing education.

Connections

Married Edward Allan Lygas, November 13, 1965 (divorced October 1979). Children: Marnie ElizabethKrause, Andrew Walter Lygas.

Father:

James Clifton MacGregor

Mother:

Helen Isabel (McDonnell) MacGregor

Spouse:

Edward Allan Lygas

child:

Marnie ElizabethKrause Lygas

child:

Andrew Walter Lygas