History of 
the Yale School of Nursing
 

  Home

  Brief History
  Timeline
  Deans
  Heraldry
  Class Photographs
  Image Gallery
  About This Collection

annie 
w. goodrich

  Goodrich/Goodrich Biography

Annie Warburton Goodrich, 1866-1954
Dean 1923-1934

Annie Warburton Goodrich was born February 6, 1866 in New Brunswick, New Jersey. She obtained her nursing education at New York Hospital and received her R.N. in 1892. She was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) from Mount Holyoke College in 1921, the honorary degree of Master of Arts (M.A.) from Yale University in 1923, and the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) from Russell Sage College in 1936.

   

Positions held

  • Superintendent of Nursing, New York Post-Graduate Hospital, 1893-1900
  • Superintendent of Nursing, St. Luke's Hospital, 1900-1902
  • Superintendent of Nurses, New York Hospital, 1902-1907
  • General Superintendent, Training School for Nurses, Bellevue and Allied Hospitals, 1907-1910
  • Inspector of Nurses Training Schools, New York State Education Department, 1910-1914
  • Assistant Professor of Nursing and Health, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1914-1923 (Lecturer, 1904-1913)
  • Director of Nurses, Henry Street Visiting Nurse Service, 1917-1923
  • Organizing Dean, Army School of Nursing, 1918-1919 (on leave from Henry Street Visiting Nurse Service)
  • First Dean and Professor, Yale University School of Nursing, 1923-1934, Emeritus, 1934-1954
  • Consulting Director, Nursing Service, Neuro-psychiatric Institute, Hartford Retreat (Institute of Living) 1938-1941

Professional organizations

  • President, American Society of Superintendents of Training Schools for Nurses, 1905-1906
  • President, International Council of Nurses, 1912-1915 (later appointed Honorary President)
  • President, American Nurses' Association, 1916-1918
  • First President, Association of Collegiate Schools of Nursing, 1932-1936

Honors

  • Fellow, American College of Hospital Administrators, 1948
  • Medal of National Institute of Social Science
  • Distinguished Service Medal of the United States
  • Medaille d'Honneur de l'Hygiene Publique (French Government)
  • Walter Burns Saunders Medal
  • Silver Medal of the Ministry of Social Welfare (French Government)
  • Bronze Medal of Belgium
  • Adelaide Nutting Medal
  • Yale Medal "for outstanding service to Yale", 1953
  • American Nurses Association Hall of Fame Inductee, 1976

Source: Helen Varney Burst, Yale University School of Nursing: A Brief History, 1998.

 

25th Anniversary of YSN

Annie Goodrich Memorial

Return to Goodrich


Send comments to janene.batten@yale.edu
© Copyright 2008. Yale University. All rights reserved.

 

Nursing Library Medical 
Historical 
Library Medical 
Library School of Nursing Yale University