Background
Massey, Wilmet Annette was born on June 30, 1920 in Big Chimney, West Virginia, United States. Daughter of Robert Lee and Twila Augusta (Pringle) Massey.
Massey, Wilmet Annette was born on June 30, 1920 in Big Chimney, West Virginia, United States. Daughter of Robert Lee and Twila Augusta (Pringle) Massey.
Student, Morris Harvey College, 1939. Diploma, Philadelphia General Hospital School Nursing, 1943. Bachelor of Science in Education, University Pennsylvania, 1948.
MSN, Yale University, 1959.
Nurse cadet instructor United States Cadet Nurse Corps. Huntington (West Virginia) Memorial Hospital, 1943-1945. Nurse instructor St. Mary's School Nursing, Huntington, 1948-1951.
World Health Organization nurse consultant Government Ceylon, 1951-1955. Staff nurse instructor Veterans Administration Hospital, Fort Thomas, Kentucky, 1955-1957. Assistant professor nursing Brighan Young University, Provo, Utah, 1959-1961.
Associate professor nursing West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1961-1983, chairman department psychiatric nursing, 1968-1972, retired, 1983. Consultant Applachian Regional Hospital, Beckley, West Virginia Department Mental Health, Charleston, Valley Community Mental Center, Kingwood, West Virginia. Group leader medical-nursing group to India, Experiment International Living, Brattleboro, Vermont, 1965.
Member Appalachian Trail, Morgantown Hospice, Republican National Committee, Drummond Chapel United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, health advisory committee Council Ministers, American Red Cross, National Council Senior Citizens, Monongalians Srs., Rails to Trail, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, West Virginia Citizens Action, Cooper's Rock Foundation. Member American Nurses Association, League Nursing, American Orthopsychiat. Association, International Transactional Analysis Association, American Counseling Association (director 1981-1982, vice president 1982), American Society Professional and Executive Women, Environmental Defense Fund, National Parks and Conservation Association, National Trust for History Preservation, Tarrytown Group, National Registry Psychiatric Nurse Specialists (education and resources committee), International Academy Cancer Counselors and Consultant, National Alliance Family Life, Inc.
(founding), American Association of University Professors, National History Society, Hastings Center, National Wildlife Federation, Smithsonian Associates, Philadelphia General Hospital School Nursing Alumni, University Pennsylvania, Yale University, West Virginia University School Nursing (honorary) Alumni Associations, 20/20 Vision Winterthur Guild, Empower American, Public Citizen, Friends of the Earth, West Virginia Public Theatre, American Rivers, Project Vote Smart, West Virginia Rivers Coalition, World Learning, Washington National Cathedral, Southern Property Law Center, American Red Cross, American Farmland Trust, Sierra Club, Lakeview Resort Club, Appalachian Trail, Sigma Theta Tau. Clubs: Alpine Lake Recreation Community (Terra Alta, West Virginia), Penn (New York City).