UpDate - Vol. 13, No. 30, Page 8
May 5, 1994
Health professionals, civic leaders in nursing group

     Seventeen health care professionals and community leaders from
throughout Delaware serve on the University of Delaware's College of
Nursing Visiting Committee, which provides advice to the college on current
and future activities in the areas of teaching, research and outreach.
     Appointed by Andrew B. Kirkpatrick Jr., chairman of the University's
Board of Trustees, in consultation with Betty J. Paulanka, dean of the
College of Nursing, the committee also works to develop better community
understanding of the college's mission and its services and provides
support for college activities.
     "The insights and perspectives supplied by the distinguished members
of the Visiting Committee form an invaluable resource for the College of
Nursing," Paulanka said. "Their input is central as we strive to provide
quality education to our nursing students, to expand knowledge of health
care and nursing science through research and to serve the health needs of
society."
     Susan K. Noyes of Hockessin, a nursing consultant, is chairperson of
the College of Nursing Visiting Committee. Other members are

        * James Ball, president and CEO of Beebe Medical Center in Lewes;
        * Robert C. Black, president of Zeneca Pharmaceutical Group in
          Wilmington;
        * Kathryn D'Ambrosio, vice president of patient care services,
          Riverside Hospital in Wilmington;
        * Catherine B. Flickinger of Wilmington, vice chairman of the
          University's Board of Trustees;
        * Ellen Hamilton, vice president of nursing at Nanticoke Hospital
          in Seaford;
        * Linda B. Harra of Wilmington, UD nursing alumna and active
          professional in the office of a family practice physician;
        * Allen L. Johnson, president of the Medical Center of Delaware in
          Wilmington;
        * Jane P. Maroney, Delaware state representative of Wilmington;
        * Dr. Edgar R. Miller Jr., a surgeon in private practice in
          Wilmington';
        * Jane E. Mitchell of Delaware City, retired director of nursing at
          Delaware State Hospital and past president of the Delaware Board
          of Nursing;
        * Barbara M. Noseworthy of Wilmington, president-elect of Medical
          Society of the Delaware Alliance and past president of the New
          Castle County Medical Society Alliance;
        * Dr. Raymond R. Strocko, Northeast regional medical director for
          the DuPont Co. of Wilmington and past president of the Delaware
          College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine;
        * Joan G. Thomas, vice president of nursing services at St. Francis
          Hospital in Wilmington;
        * Sherman L. Townsend, vice president for investments at Merrill
          Lynch in Dover and a member of the University's Board of
          Trustees;
        * Robert E. Tremain, senior vice president for health care at Blue
          Cross and Blue Shield of Delaware and president of the HMO of
          Delaware in Newark; and
        * Karen Venezky of Newark, a member of the New Castle County
          Council and owner of Artwork Enterprises Advertising Agency.

     The Visiting Committee is linked to the University's Board of Trustees
through its Committee on Societal Studies and Human Resources, which is
chaired by Robert A. Fischer Jr.
     Since it was formed, the Visiting Committee has met twice and reviewed
the mission, goals and organization of the college and has been briefed on
the college's nurse practitioner program, accelerated second degree program
and various tracks of the graduate program.