Robinette Patterson Cruise

Background

Cruise, Robinette Patterson was born on August 6, 1921 in Bingen, Arkansas, United States. Daughter of Robert Henderson and Alice (Tidball) Patterson.

Education

Bachelor of science in nursing, Catholic U. American, 1947.

Career

Graduate nurse, staff nurse, Chestnut Lodge, Rockville, Doctor of Medicine 1946-1948; staff nurse, Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland., 1948-1949; private duty, Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland., 1949-1951; staff nurse, Providence Hospital staff nurse, Alexandria (Virginia) Hospital, 1954-1958; staff nurse, Memorial Hospital, Florida, 1958-1960; private duty nurse, Nurses' Registry, Broward County, Florida, 1967-1977; nurse, Doctors' Hospital, Hollywood, 1971-1979; staff nurse, Gurdon (Arkansas) Hospital, 1979-1983; charge nurse CC-Intensive Care Unit, Doctors Hospital.

Achievements

• Robinette Patterson Cruise has been listed as a noteworthy Nurse by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Literacy Council Clark County Arkadelphia, Arkansas, 1986-1989, tutor. Member Daughters of the American Revolution (Arkadelphia chapter), Clark County History Association, Red Springs Gurdon, Family and Community Education Club.

Interests

• Avocations: poetry, reading, walking, needlework.

Connections

Married Eugene Morton Cruise, May 20, 1950. (divorced 1965); 1 child, Gene Paul.

Father:

Robert Henderson Patterson

Mother:

Alice (Tidball) Patterson

Spouse:

Eugene Morton Cruise

child:

Gene Paul Cruise