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Deans/Diers
Donna Kaye Diers, 1938-
Dean 1972-1984
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Donna Kaye Diers was born May 11, 1938 in Sheridan, Wyoming. She obtained
her nursing education and Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.) degree
from the University of Denver in 1960 and her Master of Science in
Nursing (M.S.N.) degree from Yale University in 1964. |
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Positions held
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Staff Nurse, Yale Psychiatric Institute, 1960-1962
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Instructor, Psychiatric Nursing, 1964-1967; Assistant Professor,
1967-1970; Associate Professor, 1970-1979, without term since 1973;
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Chair, Program in Nursing Research, 1969-1972; Professor, 1979-1990;
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Chair, Adult Health Division, 1990-1995; Yale University School of
Nursing
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Sixth Dean and Professor, Yale University School of Nursing, 1972-1984
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Professor, Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University,
1976-1990
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Editor, Image - Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 1985-1993
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The first Annie W. Goodrich Professor of Nursing, Yale University Shool
of Nursing, 1990-present
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Lecturer, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University
School of Medicine, 1992-present
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Faculty, Healthcare Executive Management Programs, 1986-1990
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Project Director, Nursing/RIMS Office, Yale New Haven Hospital,
1996-present
Honors
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Fellow, American Academy of Nursing, 1975
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Virginia Henderson Award for Contributions to Nursing Research,
Connecticut Nurses Association, 1981
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Member, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, 1982
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Distinguished Alumna Award, Yale University School of Nursing, 1983
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Jessie M. Scott Award, American Nurses Association, 1986
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Annie W. Goodrich Award for Excellence in Teaching, Yale University
School of Nursing graduating class of 1988
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Excellence in Editorial Leadership, Special Recognition, Sigma Theta Tau
International, 1993
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Honorary Faculty, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia,
1996-1998
Helen Varney Burst: Yale University School of
Nursing: A Brief History, 1998.
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Donna Diers (third from left) and Virginia Henderson
(second from left) at the YSN 50th Anniversary, 1973.
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