Sylvia Virginia Pensavalle Closson

Background

Closson, Sylvia Virginia Pensavalle was born on November 21, 1957 in Attleboro, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Conrad Robert and Elizabeth Lillian Pensavalle.

Education

Bachelor of science in nursing, U. N.H., 1979; MSN, University of Pennsylvania, 1990.

Career

Community health maternal/child outreach Registered Nurse, Cmty. Health Superior vena cava syndrome, Portland, Maine., 1980-1983; Registered Nurse obstetrics, Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River, Massachusetts, 1984-1986; childbirth education specialist, Young Parents Program, Newport, Rhode Island, 1986-1987; assistant director, Women and Infants Hospital, Alternative Birthing Center, Providence, 1987-1989; staff nurse, midwife, Harvard Cmty. Health Plan, Providence, 1990-1993; staff nurse midwife, clinical teaching associate nursing faculty, Brown U. School Medicine, Providence, since 1993.

Assistant Adjunct Professor U. Rhode Island School Nursing.

Achievements

• Sylvia Virginia Pensavalle Closson has been listed as a noteworthy Nurse midwife, nursing educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

State coordinator International Childbirth Education Association, Rhode Island, 1986-1989, Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Providence, 1994. Member American College Nurse Midwifes (chapter 11 region I president since 1995).

Interests

• Avocations: gardening, sailing, traveling, biking.

Connections

Married Addison Walker Closson III, August 31, 1980. Children: Elizabeth Fabia, Benjamin Walker.

Father:

Conrad Robert Pensavalle

Mother:

Elizabeth Lillian Pensavalle

Spouse:

Addison Walker Closson III

child:

Elizabeth Fabia Closson

child:

Benjamin Walker Closson