Valerie Sturkie Hightower

Background

Hightower, Valerie Sturkie was born on January 19, 1950 in Atlanta. Daughter of Rudolph Morgan Sturkie and Dorothy Elizabeth Hood Kearse.

Education

Bachelor of science in nursing, University of Southern California, 1972; MSN, University of Southern California, 1987.

Career

Registered Nurse III in psychiatry, Richland Memorial Hospital, Columbia, South Carolina., 1987-1990; Registered Nurse III in oncology, Richland Memorial Hospital, Columbia, South Carolina., since 1990.

Achievements

• Valerie Sturkie Hightower has been listed as a noteworthy Psychiatry, and oncology nurse by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Victim assistance volunteer Richland County Sheriff's Department Victim Assistance Program, Columbia, 1990-1992. Volunteer Wildlife Coalition, Columbia, 1984-1992. Captain United States Air Force, 1973-1975.

Member ANA, Oncology Nursing Society, Riverbanks Oncology Society, Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Council.

Interests

• Avocations: art, wildlife conservation.

Connections

Married Owen Riley Hightower, June 1, 1984.

Father:

Rudolph Morgan Sturkie

Mother:

Dorothy Elizabeth Hood Kearse

Spouse:

Owen Riley Hightower