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Jeanne Arnold Borges, a homemaker and community volunteer, died Feb. 14 of complications from cancer at St. Joseph Medical Center. The Towson resident was 87. Born Jeanne Wieman in Baltimore and raised on Maryland Avenue in Charles Village, she was a 1937 graduate of Eastern High School and attended the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. Working as a nurse at Hopkins during World War II, she met her future husband, Dr. Francis J. Borges. They were married in 1950. Mrs. Borges was a volunteer at St. Joseph Medical Center, Meals on Wheels of Central Maryland and the American Heart Association.

Helen L. Stewart, a registered nurse and retired educator, died Wednesday of heart failure at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air. The longtime Forest Hill resident was 70. Helen Lewis was born and raised in Kitchener, Ontario. She earned a degree in 1956 from the St. Francis School of Nursing in Pittsburgh. In 1975, she earned a master's degree in adult education from the Johns Hopkins University. The next year, she married Frank M. Stewart, a civil engineer at the Aberdeen Proving Ground.

Dr. Karen Kauffman, associate professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, has been appointed chairwoman of the Department of Family and Community Health. She holds a Ph.D. and a Master of Science from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Arthur C. Jee of Laurel has been elected to a second, two-year term as a member of the board of trustees of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Jee represents the jurisdictions of Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Helen K. Sinnott, a retired registered nurse and former Lutherville resident, died of respiratory failure Monday at the Edenwald retirement community in Towson. She was 89. Born and raised in Cumberland, Helen Kabosky was a 1938 graduate of the former Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Baltimore and worked at the former U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Wyman Park. For many years, Mrs. Sinnott taught the pre-nursing program at Mercy and worked as a private-duty nurse while raising her family.

Dorothy W. Gamble, a registered nurse and former head of the old Lutheran Hospital School of Nursing, died of cancer Thursday at the Kline Hospice House in Mount Airy. The longtime Brunswick resident was 84. The former Dorothy Wheatley was born in Baltimore and raised on Glenolden Avenue. She was a 1940 graduate of Western High School and graduated in 1943 from the West Baltimore General Hospital School of Nursing, which later became the Lutheran Hospital School of Nursing. She earned a bachelor's degree in 1949 from the University of Rochester, and a master's degree in nursing from the University of Maryland.

Carolyn A. Cox, 53, Baltimore County teacherCarolyn A. Cox, a technology resources teacher for Baltimore County public schools, died Tuesday of cancer at Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care. She was 53 and lived in White Hall.She had been a technology resources teacher since 1995. Beginning in 1981, she taught math at Milford Mill High School, then at Pikesville High School, returning to Milford Mill in the late 1980s as chairwoman of the mathematics department.The former Carolyn A. Greene, who was born in Dundalk, graduated from Towson State College in 1967 and earned a master's degree in computer science from the Johns Hopkins University in 1985.

Arline M. Duvall, a retired professor of public health nursing who after retirement helped establish schools of nursing overseas for Project Hope, died Sunday of heart failure at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis. She was 71.Born and raised in Sherwood Forest, Anne Arundel County, she received her early education in a one-room school before graduating from Annapolis High School in 1944.A registered nurse, the 1948 graduate of the Church Home Hospital School of Nursing in Baltimore began her career at the old Anne Arundel General Hospital, now Anne Arundel Medical Center.

Ruth Guthrie Brown, a retired registered nurse and educator, died Monday from complications of Alzheimer's disease at Charlestown Retirement Community. She was 87.Mrs. Brown, who formerly resided in the Ambassador Apartments in Tuscany-Canterbury and earlier had been a longtime Gittings Avenue resident, had lived at the Catonsville retirement community since 1993.In a varied career that took her from a remote one-room schoolhouse in Kentucky where she was a teacher, to Johns Hopkins Hospital where she nursed the sick, Mrs. Brown fulfilled the suggestion of a country doctor who thought she'd make a good nurse.

Jacqueline L. Kolscher, 68, registered nurseJacqueline LaJune Kolscher, a retired registered nurse, died Wednesday of a heart attack at Sinai Hospital. She was 68 and lived in Hunt Valley.Born Jacqueline Malone in Wichita, Kan., she moved to Baltimore after she graduated from the Philadelphia School of Nursing in 1952. She worked at the South Baltimore General Hospital, now Harbor Hospital Center, in the 1950s and resumed nursing in the 1980s at Sinai Hospital. She retired five years ago.She played golf at the Hunt Valley Country Club and enjoyed games of contract bridge.

The Rev. Olin T. Binkley,91, a former president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary who was an early proponent of racial integration during the civil rights era, died Friday in Wake Forest, N.C.Abdullah al-Baradouni,70, Yemen's most famous poet who was blinded as a childand later imprisoned several times for his politically charged writings, died yesterday in San'a, Yemen.Lani Kai,63, an entertainer who had a feature role in the Elvis Presley movie "Blue Hawaii," died Aug. 24 in Oahu.

Esther McCready never skips her volunteer visits to the University of Maryland, the school she forced to offer her an education 60 years ago when she was a hopeful, young black student. McCready, a retired nurse and teacher, is now 78 and spends hours each month volunteering at the school's nursing museum in Baltimore, where her letter of admission is enshrined. Civil rights scholars say it was McCready's persistence that opened the university system's doors to black undergraduate students during the days of court-sanctioned racial segregation in Maryland.

Pamela A. Hengemihle, a registered nurse who owned and operated a nursing consulting business, died of multiple organ failure Nov. 30 at Franklin Square Hospital Center. She was 48. She was born in Baltimore and raised in Essex. She was a 1977 graduate of Eastern Vocational Technical High School. She was a graduate of the South Baltimore General Hospital School of Nursing, where she became a licensed practical nurse. She attended what was then Salisbury State University and earned a bachelor's degree in nursing in 1984 from the University of Maryland School of Nursing.

Ruth C. Kammer, a retired registered nurse and world traveler, died of complications from Alzheimer's disease Nov. 23 at the Edenwald retirement community in Towson. She was 92. Ruth Clemmens was born in Baltimore and raised near Patterson Park. She was a 1934 graduate of Seton High School and earned her nursing degree from the St. Joseph Hospital School of Nursing. While working as a nurse at the old St. Joseph Hospital on Caroline Street, she met and fell in love with William Henry Kammer Jr., a resident physician.

Mary Ann Metcalfe, a registered nurse whose career at St. Agnes Hospital spanned nearly 40 years, died Nov. 19 of complications from a stroke at Joseph Richey Hospice. The Violetville resident was 82. Mary Ann Hearn was born and raised in Asheville, N.C. After graduating from Lee H. Edwards High School, she enlisted in the Army Cadet Nurse Corps. She received her training at the St. Agnes Hospital School of Nursing, from which she graduated in 1946. Mrs. Metcalfe began working at the hospital and as a private-duty nurse.

Alease V. Weems, a retired registered nurse and the oldest member of St. Matthew's United Methodist Church, died Oct. 15 of complications from cardiovascular disease at Good Samaritan Hospital. She was 85. Alease Vonetta Workman was born and raised in Baltimore. After graduating from Dunbar High School with honors in 1942, she earned a nursing certificate from Johns Hopkins Hospital. She was a 1945 graduate of the old Provident Hospital School of Nursing and later attended what is now Morgan State University, where she earned a degree in political science.

Grace E. Hyle, a registered nurse whose career spanned 50 years, died of kidney failure July 30 at St. Joseph Medical Center. She was 89. Grace Emily Guy was born in Towson and raised in the Providence section of Baltimore County. She was a 1936 graduate of Towson High School and earned her nursing degree in 1941 from the St. Agnes Hospital School of Nursing. Beginning in 1941 and continuing for the next 40 years, she was a private-duty nurse at Sinai Hospital. For 20 years, she was also a nurse at the old Cottage Grove Beach on Fort Smallwood Road and worked part time as a nurse at Pimlico Race Course until retiring in 1996.

Hazel Irene Bailey Brown, a retired nurse who was active in nursing professional organizations, died of old-age complications Monday at her West Baltimore home. She was 98. Born Hazel Irene Bailey in Baltimore and raised on Division Street, she was the daughter of a mother who was a seamstress and a father who owned a tailoring business in South Baltimore. Family members said she had childhood memories of accompanying her grandfather to Ebenezer African Methodist Church on Montgomery Street, where he lit the coal fire in a stove early Sunday mornings.

Dr. M. Elizabeth Carnegie, a Baltimore-born pioneer in African-American nursing education who became dean of the Florida A&M University School of Nursing, died of hypertensive cardiovascular disease Wednesday at her Chevy Chase home. She was 91. Mary Elizabeth Lancaster was born in Baltimore. Her parents divorced when she was a child, and she was adopted by an aunt and lived in Washington. She earned a diploma at the Lincoln School of Nursing in New York, a bachelor's degree from West Virginia State College, a master's degree from Syracuse University and a doctorate from New York University.

Mary M. Boland, a retired registered nurse and former Towson resident, died Monday in her sleep at HeartHomes of Lutherville. She was 97. Mary McHale, one of 12 children, was born and raised in Donegal, Ireland. In 1928, she immigrated to Baltimore and, five years later, married Patrick Joseph Boland. He died in 1949. Mrs. Boland became a U.S. citizen in 1951. The next year, she graduated from South Baltimore General Hospital School of Nursing. She was a nurse briefly at Union Memorial Hospital before returning to South Baltimore General Hospital.

Dr. Jane Kapustin has been named assistant dean for master's studies at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. She has served on the school's faculty for seven years as an assistant professor and director of the Adult Nurse Practitioner program. Kapustin holds a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Six researchers with the Johns Hopkins University have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Jef Boeke, Ph.D., Sc.D.; Paul D. Feldman, Ph.D.