Background
Boyd, Velena was born on November 11, 1911 in Lebanon, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Floyd Frank and Lula Mae (Gates) Boyd.
consultant community health nurse
Boyd, Velena was born on November 11, 1911 in Lebanon, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Floyd Frank and Lula Mae (Gates) Boyd.
Diploma, Indiana U. School Nursing, 1941; PHN, University of California, 1949; Master in Public Health, University of California School Public Health, 1956; postgraduate in sociology, University of California, Berkeley, 1962-1963.
Community health nurse, Contra Costa County (California) Health Department, 1949-1959;
assistant professor community health nursing, University of California, 1959-1965;
consultant community health nursing and nursing administration, World Health Organization, South America, 1965-1967;
assistant professor community health nursing, U. Maryland. School Nursing, 1967-1977;
retired, U. Maryland. School Nursing, 1977.
Volunteer consultant, professor community health nursing U. P.R., Mayaguez, 1977-1978, Shavaji U.-Miraj Medical Center, India, 1979-1980. Volunteer consultant preventive care School Nursing and Medical Center, Lahore, Pakistan, 1972. Consultant to nursing program World Health Organization Counterpart, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1973.
Volunteer consultant community health nursing, Istanbul, Miraj, Taipei, 1975. Former consultant to Sixth Army Surgen General.
Volunteer reader, transcriber, book taper Baltimore Reading Service, since 1981. Active Life Support Program, City of Baltimore, Levindale Geriatric Center, since 1982, teacher English to Russian patients and residents. Colonel Nurse corpus, United States army, 1941-1946, full colonel United States Army Reserve, 1946-1971, retired, 1971.
Member American Nurses Association (Maryland Constituency), National League Nursing, American Public Health Association, Sigma Theta Tau.