Background
Waite, Shirley Eleanor was born on January 4, 1925 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Walter Dunlap and Ida Estelle (Robinson) Collins.
Waite, Shirley Eleanor was born on January 4, 1925 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Walter Dunlap and Ida Estelle (Robinson) Collins.
Registered Nurse, Truesdale Hospital School Nursing, Fall River, Massachusetts, 1946. Student Miami Dade Community College,1963-1968, Florida International University, Miami, 1974-1977. Certified in nursing administrator, 1980.
Staff nurse, Saint Luke"s Hospital, New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1946. Nurse prematureand new born nursery Union Hospital, Fall River, Massachusetts, 1947-1948. Supervisor Newport (Rhode Island) Hospital, 1951-1952.
Staff nurse, supervisor Jackson Memorial Hospital, 1953-1963.
Supervisor Memorial Hospital, Hollywood, Florida, 1964-1965. Supervisor, assistant director nursing, director nurse recruitment Cedars of Lebanon Health Care Center, Miami, Florida, 1966-1977.
Head nurse North Miami General Hospital, 1978. Vice president nursing service DeSoto Memorial Hospital, Arcadia, Florida, 1978-1987, staff Registered Nurse medical surgery, 1987-1989.
Member of advisory committee South Florida Community College.
CharlotteVo-Technology School, DeSoto Licensed Practical Nurse School. Second vice president Cedars of Lebanon Credit Union., geografic representative Desoto County commission Future of Nursing in Florida Contributor articles to professional journals.
Member of Daughters of the American Revolution (secretary Peace River chapter), Dade County Practitioners in Infection Control (past vice president), Charsoto Council Continuing Education for Nurses (president 1981-1982), Florida Nurses Association (district 19 vice president 1992-1995), Florida Organization Nursing Executives, Florida League Nursing, National League Nursing.
Married Horatio Simmons Waite, February 15, 1946. Children: Bruce F., Cheryl J. Waite Kapit, Charles West., David West., Gayle Isle of Wight Molnar.