Background
Southard, Ruth Audrey was born on August 17, 1923 in Kearny, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Robert James and Edna Leola Zerbe.
Southard, Ruth Audrey was born on August 17, 1923 in Kearny, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Robert James and Edna Leola Zerbe.
Diploma, Muhlenberg Hospital School Nursing, Plainfield, New Jersey, 1944. Bachelor of science in nursing, Seton University, 1953. Master of Arts in Public Health Nursing, New York University, 1968.
Director service MCOSS Family Health and Nursing Service, Red Bank, New Jersey, 1945—1972. Assistant professor, senior coordinator Mankato State University, Minnesota, 1972—1974. Coordinator senior level community health nursing, assistant professor University Rhode Island, 1974—1975.
Coordinator ambulatory care services Jersey City Medical Center, 1977—1978. Administrative/supervisor nurse Jewish Child Care Association New York, 1978—1979. Primary nurse Loeb Center Nursing and Rehabilitation, Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, New York, 1980.
With employee health department J.P. Morgan Trust Company, 1980. Nurse crisis intervention unit Hahneman University Hospital, Philadelphia, 1982—1983. Nurse psychiatric unit John F. Kennedy Hospital, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, 1983—1984.
Captain United States Army Nuse Corps, 1945-1958.
Member New Jersey Library.for Blind and Disabled, Defenders of Wildlife. Member of American Nurses Association, American Nurses Foundation, New Jersey Sate Nurses Association, Gloucester County Stamp Club, AARP, Sierra Club, Century Club.
Married Carl B. Southard, December 17, 1983 (deceased March 1989).