NEWS
By Frederick N. Rasmussen | November 26, 2008
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.
NEWS
By FREDERICK N. RASMUSSEN | August 7, 2008
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.
NEWS
By Jacques Kelly and Jacques Kelly,Sun Reporter | June 29, 2008
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.
NEWS
By Jacques Kelly | February 26, 2008
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.
NEWS
November 28, 2007
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.
FEATURES
November 15, 2007
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.