Background
Wald, Florence Sophie was born on April 19, 1917 in Bronx. Daughter of Theodore Alexander and Gertrude (Goldschmidt) Schorske.
Wald, Florence Sophie was born on April 19, 1917 in Bronx. Daughter of Theodore Alexander and Gertrude (Goldschmidt) Schorske.
Graduate, Mount Holyoke College, 1938. Master's Degree in Mental Health Nursing, Yale University, 1941. Doctorate (honorary), Yale University, 1996.
Degree (honorary), University Bridgeport. Degree (honorary), Mount Holyoke College.
Staff nurse Children's Hospital, Boston, 1941, 1942. Various nursing jobs in New York, worked at the Henry St. Visiting Nurse Service, 1942—1957. Held research positions cornea research laboratory of the New York City Eye Bank and in the Surgical Metabolism Unit of the College of Physicians and Surgeons New York City, 1942—1955.
Teaching Rutgers University School Nursing, New Jersey, 1955. Research technician Army Signal Corps. Assistant professor, psychiatric nursing Yale University School Nursing, 1957, acting dean, 1958, dean, 1959—1966, research associate, 1969—1970, clinical associate professor, 1970—1980.
Internship St. Christopher's Hospice, London, 1969.
Married Henry Wald (deceased 2000). Children: Joel David, Shari Johanna Vogler.