Sister M. Jeanne Gengler

Background

Gengler, Sister M. Jeanne was born on February 10, 1912 in Mackville, Wisconsin, United States. Daughter of Jacob Joseph and Jeannette (Mullen) Gengler.

Education

Registered Nurse, Marquette University, 1937. Bachelor of Science in Public Health, Marquette University, 1957.

Career

Took vows in Roman Catholic Church. Staff nurse St. Anthony Hospital, St. Louis, 1937-1940. Supervisor nursing St. Mary Hospital, Racine, Wisconsin, 1940-1950.

Also educational director American Red Cross aids. Nursing service, personnel director Waterloo, Iowa, 1950-1954. Also coordinator disaster program.

Director out-patient comprehensive family clinic St. Michael Hospital, Milwaukee, 1953-1958, administrator, 1958-1964, director, since 1958. President, director St. Joseph's Hospital, 1965-1980, construction program coordinator, 1965-1968. Outreach program assistant St. Anthony Hospital, 1981-1987.

Administrator Our Lady of the Angels Motherhouse, Wheaton, Illinois, 1989-1993. Director hospital building project Milwaukee Hospital Council. Developer psychiatric in-patient unit St. Michael Hospital, 1958, re-organizer out-patient clinic, 1958.

Achievements

• Sister M. Jeanne Gengler has been listed as a noteworthy hospital administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member United Community Service Greater Milwaukee, 1954-1964, Area Planning Board, 1965-1970. Member Provincial Council-Motherhouse, Wheaton, Illinois, 1975-1976. Board directors Wisconsin Catholic Conference.

Volunteer St. Joseph's Hospital, Milwaukee. Fellow American College Hospital Administrators, American College Health Care Executives (life). Member Wisconsin Hospital Association (board directors 1970-1976), Mental Health Association, College Hospital Administrators.

Connections

Father:

Jacob Joseph Gengler

Mother:

Jeannette (Mullen) Gengler