Background
Wilson, Ruby Leila was born on May 29, 1931 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Clark H. and Alda E. (Armstrong) Wilson.
Wilson, Ruby Leila was born on May 29, 1931 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Clark H. and Alda E. (Armstrong) Wilson.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing Education, University Pittsburgh, 1954. MSN, Case Western Reserve University, 1959. Doctor of Education, Duke University, 1969.
Staff nurse, assistant head nurse, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, 1951-1952; night clinical instructor, administrative supervisor, Allegheny General Hospital, 1951-1955; staff nurse, assistant head nurse, Fort Miley Veterans Administration Hospital., San Francisco, 1957-1958; instructor nursing, Duke U. School Nursing, Durham, North Carolina, 1955-1957; assistant professor medical surgical nursing, Duke U. School Nursing, 1959-1966; associate in medicine, Duke U. School Nursing, 1963-1966; professor nursing, Duke U. School Nursing, since 1971; dean school nursing, Duke U. School Nursing, 1971-1984; assistant to chancellor for health affairs, Duke U. School Nursing, since 1984; assistant professor department community and family medicine, Duke U. School Medicine, since 1971; consultant, visiting professor, Rockefeller Foundation, Thailand, 1968-1971; visiting professor, Case Western Reserve U., 1982-1984. Member Governor's Commision on Health Care Reform in North Carolina, 1994-1996.
Active North Carolina Medical Care Commission, North Carolina Center for Nursing, since 1990. Advisory board Duke University Cancer Center, since 1986. Fellow: Institute Medicine, American Academy Nursing.
Member: North Carolina Foundation for Nursing (president 1990-1994), Women's Forum North Carolina (board directors 1984-1988, since 1995), Association for Academy Health Centers (member institute planning committee), National League Nursing, American Association Higher Education, American Association Colleges Nursing, American Nurses Association, Sigma Theta Tau.