Background
Shannahan, Mary K. was born on January 10, 1943 in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Edward James and Ethel Wilson Davies.
Shannahan, Mary K. was born on January 10, 1943 in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Edward James and Ethel Wilson Davies.
Bachelor of science in nursing, D'Youville College, 1964; M. Nursing, U. Florida, 1972; Doctor of Philosophy, Florida State University, 1980.
Public health nurse, City of Jacksonville (Florida) Health Department, 1966-1969; professor, Florida Community College School Nursing, Jacksonville, 1969-1981; associate professor, Florida State University School Nursing, Tallahassee, since 1981.
Lieutenant (junior grade) Nurse Corps, United States Navy, 1963-1965. Member Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (Nurse of the Year Florida chapter 1982), ANA, American Hollistic Nurses Association, Nurse Healers Pennsylvania, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Theta Tau.
Married Joseph E. Shannahan, March 20, 1965 (divorced September 1994). 1 child, Patricia Eileen.