Background
Walker, Shirley Ann was born on August 22, 1935 in Pekin, Illinois, United States. Daughter of John Franklin and Dorothy May (Ehresman) Ackerman.
Walker, Shirley Ann was born on August 22, 1935 in Pekin, Illinois, United States. Daughter of John Franklin and Dorothy May (Ehresman) Ackerman.
Diploma nursing, Mennonite Hospital School Nursing, Bloomington, Illinois, 1956; Bachelor of science in nursing, U. Iowa, 1960; Master of Science, University of Illinois, 1974.
Staff nurse, Mennonite Hospital, Bloomington, 1956-1957;
assistant nursing instructor, Mennonite Hospital School Nursing, Bloomington, 1957-1958;
staff nurse, U. Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City, 1959;
staff nurse, Pekin (Illinois) Public Hospital, 1959-1960;
public health nurse, Champaign (Illinois)-Urbana Public Health Department, 1960-1966;
instructor nursing, Parkland College, Champaign, since 1974. Member Carle Hospice Advisory Board, Urbana, 1989-1991. Board member Twin City Child Development Center, Urbana, 1987-1990, American Cancer Society, Champaign, 1988-1991.
Sponsor Parkland Student Nurses Association, Champaign, since 1985.
Member ANA, Sigma Theta Tau.
Married William Hamilton Walker, November 3, 1962. Children: William Franklin, John Hamilton.