Background
Walker, Patricia Hinton was born on March 11, 1944 in Syracuse, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Charles Riley and Jean Pauline (Jacques) Peterson.
Walker, Patricia Hinton was born on March 11, 1944 in Syracuse, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Charles Riley and Jean Pauline (Jacques) Peterson.
Bachelor of science in nursing, U. Kansas, 1966; MSN, U. Mississippi, Jackson, 1978; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Mississippi, Oxford, 1984.
Instructor psychiatric nursing, Our Lady of the Lake School Nursing, Baton Rouge, 1969-1971; member of faculty, U. Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1971-1974; in-service coordinator, Bolivar (Mississippi) County Hospital, 1975-1978; member nursing faculty, Mississippi Delta Junior College, Morehead, 1978-1979; assistant administrator, director of nursing, Northwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center, Clarksdale, 1980-1981; dean School of Nursing, professor, Mississippi College, Clinton, 1981-1986; associate dean, professor School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, 1986-1988; founder, president, Hinton-Walker Associations, Peterson Hinton Associations, 1977-1990; associate dean, director Community Centered Practice, School Nursing, U. Rochester, New York, since 1990.
Board of directors Mississippi Multiple Sclerosis Society, 1980-1981, Regional Council on Aging, Rochester, 1992. First lieutenant United States Air Force, 1967-1969. Member ANA (delegate 1978, 80, 82, 84), National League Nursing, National Academy Nursing Practice, Mississippi Hospital Association, Neuman Systems Trustees Group (board directors 1988), Small Business Council Rochester, Mississippi Nurses' Association (Nurse of Year 1980), Sigma Theta Tau.
Married Walter V. Hinton, April 6, 1969 (divorced 1982). 1 child, Gregory Todd. Married John Walker, May 23, 1987.