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NEWS FROM JOHNS HOPKINS NURSING                                                                                                  CLASS NEWS                                                                                             NEWS FROM JOHNS HOPKINS NURSING







                                                                                                                                        The year 2020 brings the 50  reunion of the Class of 1970. Class
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                                                                                                                                        members gathered memories and updates to share with all alumni

                                                                                                                                        (embedded are snapshots from a Class of 1970 video tribute):


                                                                                                                                        Sandra Hammer Bryan continues   a career. Gayle received a BSN in   have been asked to serve on the
                                                                                                                                        to work at University of Maryland   1984 from CSULA. While living in   Hopkins Nursing Advisory Board.
                                                                                                                                        St. Joseph Medical Center in the   California, she worked as a docent
                                                                                                                                        PACU. Sandie is now the oldest   at the Ronald Reagan Presidential   Eileen Timms Doll lives with her
                                                                                                                                        nurse in her department, a    Library, a volunteer job she really   husband and nine (yes, 9!) cats
                                                                                                                                        dubious honor! Previously, she   loved. Now Gayle enjoys ballroom   in Maryland. She completed her
                                                                                                                                        worked in the shock trauma    dancing, biking, travel, and   BS in 1994. Eileen worked at JHH
                                                                                                                                        unit and cancer center ICU at   studying Spanish.          until 1979, then went into long-
                         ALUMNI UPDATE                                                                                                  Maryland for many years. She and   Karen Combs lives in Grand   term care, ending her career in
                                                                                                                                        her husband live in Freeland, MD;
                                                                                                                                                                                                   2010 as a consultant to nursing
                         JANE W. BALL, DRPH, MPH, RN                                                                                    they have two children and seven   Junction, CO with her spouse,   homes and SNFs. She specialized
                                                                                                                                        grandchildren. Sandie enjoys
                                                                                                                                                                                                   in clinical reimbursement and
                                                                                                                                                                      Lynn. She earned a BS and MS
                                                                                                                                        camping, hiking, gardening, and   from Northern Illinois University   informatics. Her current interests
                                      Dear Alumni,                          us in person. This year with Alumni Weekend,                being a National Park Service and   and an MBA from Washington   include felines and wildlife
      44                                                                    we were able to engage a broader group of                   local library volunteer. She resists   University. After working in   conservation.                    45
                                      Just like Hopkins Nurses, this year has been   alumni spanning across all decades—and             retirement as she does not want   community nursing, as well as
                                      unique. We had to adjust our traditional   not just reunion years. During our trivia              to lose the satisfaction that comes   a short stint in banking and   Patricia (Trish) Dorgan had a varied
                                      programming and adapt to new methods of   night, we had alumni participating from the             with being a nurse.           advertising, she retired after 23   career with certifications as an
                                      interaction. While COVID-19 has forced the   Class of 1958 through 2018. I am grateful                                          years with Epic, a health care   EMT, childbirth educator, massage
                                      JHNAA to launch into virtual programming   that technology has made these interactions            Gayle Corbett Chaney retired in   software company. Her most   therapist, and Reiki practitioner.
                                      more quickly than anticipated, when faced   possible. This has been one of the bright             2016 after 25 years as a staff nurse   notable sale was to Johns Hopkins!   She retired in 2015 after 15 years
                                      with this challenge and opportunity, we   spots in our new normal.                                in outpatient surgery. She and her   Traveling internationally was a   as a surveyor for LTC facilities. She
                                      formed the Alumni Engagement Committee.                                                           husband, David, live in Oregon.   passion until this year; she and   lives in New Market, MD within
                                      Over the past six months, JHNAA has hosted   Adapting to this new territory, other Alumni         Gayle has three adult children, two   Lynn are now focused on travel   miles of her two sons and two
                                      several virtual coffee chats and intimate   Weekend events included a “Nurse Practitioner         of whom have chosen nursing as   in the West. She is honored to   granddaughters; her daughter
                                      JHSON alumni conversations. Members of   Led Telehealth” presentation that provided
                                      our Alumni Engagement Committee are   continuing education credits; a panel
       JOHNS HOPKINS NURSING  FALL/WINTER 2020
                                      participating in planning by identifying topics,   discussion of “Hopkins Nurses in Pandemics”
                                      conversation leaders, and questions to pose.   with John M. Barry, Jason Farley, Devon
                                                                            Everson, and Deborah Baker; and finally, the                JOHNS HOPKINS                    Cunningham, ’58                 Helen Tappan Hine, ’46
                                      While not what we had anticipated, this   Johns Hopkins Nurses’ Alumni Association                IN MEMORIAM                      Carolyn McHenry David, ’47      Anne Boyle Ifert, ’62
                                      year’s virtual Alumni Weekend events allowed   Business Meeting and Dean’s Address.                                                Charlotte M. DeOgburn, ’57      Merolyn “Jean” Howell Kimmel, ’47
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Patricia Walker Kirkland, ’52
                                                                                                                                                                         Jean Arline Mumma Drew, ’46
                                      us to connect with more alumni—many who                                                           Rebecca McMahon Adelman, ’14     Ann Rae Timanus Erickson, ’55   Jeanette Smith Klein, ’55
                                      otherwise would not have been able to join   A silver lining with the COVID-19                    Carolyn Elizabeth Hodges Balcom, ’58   Anne Michelle Fayer, ’99   Helena G. Lu-Affatt Kurban, ’47
                                                                            pandemic has been the increased access                      Kathryn Smith Burr, ’55          Carol Trible Folio, ’56         Mary Cathleen Williams Mark, ’65
                                                                                                                                        Emily Bentley Campbell, ’53
                                                                            and convenience of remote interaction.                      Shirley Jean Repass Catterton, ’55   Charlotte Agnus Gossens, ’60   Gertrude Wooddy Mitchell, ’45
                Get Our E-Newsletters                                       I encourage you to make the most of our                     Nancy Reese Choate, ’59          Sallie Mathes Graham, ’60       Patricia Griffin Moulis, ’48          MAGAZINE.NURSING.JHU.EDU
                Stay in touch! Update your email address now to receive the quarterly   situation and engage in these alumni            Esther Rosa Moore Clement, ’51   Gary Andrew Erik Graber, ’05    Nancy Doudna Mullady, ’56
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Melinda Faye Segunda Pritchett, ’12
                                                                                                                                                                         Peggy Case Harvie, ’48
                Alumni E-newsletter and annual Dean’s Update. Send a message to   conversations and virtual programming. ◼              Marguerite “Peggy” Ankenbrandt
                JHNAA@jhu.edu.                                                                                                                                           Ann Deibert Henry, ’54          Ann Melvin Schmeisser, ’56
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