Background
Cole, Ruth Elizabeth was born on October 15, 1920 in Murray, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of Ory Leander and Rema (Boyd) Cole.
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Ruth Elizabeth Cole
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Ruth Elizabeth Cole, American nursing educator. Named Nurse Educator of the Year Kentucky League for Nursing, 1977, Pioneer award College NUrsing Harding University, 2005; Ruth E. Cole Honorary Nursing scholar, Sigma Theta Tau, 1977; Kentucky Colonel Commonwealth of Kentucky; inducted Hall of Fame School of Nursing University Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 1994.
Education
Diploma in Nursing, Nazareth School Nursing, Lexington, Kentucky, 1944. Bachelor of Science, University Texas, 1949. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1954.
Doctor of Education, Indiana University, 1972.
Career
Staff nurse Houston-McDevitt Clinic Hospital, Murray, Kentucky, 1944-1945. Office nurse Doctor A.D. Butterworth, 1947. Director of Nursing Murray State College, 1949-1951.
Chair department nursing Murray State University, 1954-1977. Professor nursing Harding University, Searcy, Arkansas, 1978-1980. Program director Murray Calloway County Hospital Hospice Program, Murray, 1980-1981.
Chair emeritus Murray State University.
Achievements
Membership
Member Hospice Advisory Council, Murray, since 1980, President's Advisory Council on Science and Nursing, Harding University, since 1973. Board directors American Red Cross, Murray, since 1971. Captain United States Naval Reserve, 1945-1946, 51-53, to 80.
Member Murray Woman's Club (chair Delta department 1991-1992, lifetime achievement award 1993), Sigma Theta Tau, Pi Lambda Theta, Delta Kappa Gamma.
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Nationality
American
Education
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1944
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1949
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1954
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1972
Career
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1944 - 1945
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1947
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1949 - 1951
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1954 - 1977
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1978 - 1980
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1980 - 1981
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Named Nurse Educator of the Year Kentucky League for Nursing, 1977, Pioneer award College NUrsing Harding University, 2005. Ruth E. Cole Honorary Nursing scholar, Sigma Theta Tau, 1977. Kentucky Colonel Commonwealth of Kentucky. Inducted Hall of Fame School of Nursing University Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 1994.Named Nurse Educator of the Year Kentucky League for Nursing, 1977, Pioneer award College NUrsing Harding University, 2005. Ruth E. Cole Honorary Nursing scholar, Sigma Theta Tau, 1977. Kentucky Colonel Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Inducted Hall of Fame School of Nursing University Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 1994.