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Established in 2006, the Hall of Fame is the College of Nursing’s highest honor. It was created to recognize and honor graduates with extraordinary national and/or international contributions to advance the nursing profession through education, practice, service and/or research. At the inaugural induction ceremony, Carolyn Williams, PhD, RN, FAAN, dean emeritus of the College, reminded those in attendance, “Our honorees are symbolic of the best of our community of graduates and by celebrating them, we are celebrating all of our graduates.”

2020 Class of Inductees

Portrait photo of Dr. Susan Adams.

Susan M. Adams, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN PhD 2007

Professor and Faculty Scholar for Community Engaged Behavioral Health
Vanderbilt University

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Patricia B. Howard, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN MSN 1980, PhD 1992

Executive Associate Dean UK CON-Norton Healthcare Partnership
Marion E. McKenna Professor of Nursing
University of Kentucky

Portrait photo of Dr. Patricia K. Howard

Patricia K. Howard, PhD, RN, CEN, CPEN, NE-BC, FAEN, FAAN BSN 1983, MSN 1990, PhD 2004

Enterprise Director of Emergency Services
UK HealthCare
BSN 1983, MSN 1990, PhD 2004

Portrait photo of Dr. Karen Johnson

Karen Johsnon, PhD, RN, FAAN PhD 1990

Director of Nursing Research
Banner Health

Portrait photo of Dr. Karen Robinson

Karen Robinson, PhD, RN, DPNAP, FAAN BSN 1977

Research Consultant, Sanford Health Medical Center
Clinical Quality Analyst, Essentia Health Medical Center

2017 Class of Inductees

Portrait photo of Karen Hill

Karen S. Hill, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, FAAN BSN 1987, MSN 1990, DNP 2009

Chief Operating Officer/Chief Nursing Officer
Baptist Health Lexington

Portrait photo of Sheila Ridner

Sheila H. Ridner, PhD, RN, FAAN BSN 1978

Director, PhD in Nursing Science Program
Martha Rivers Ingram Professor of Nursing
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing

Portrait photo of Marcia Stanhope

Marcia K. Stanhope, PhD, RN, FAAN BSN 1967

Professor Emeritus, UK College of Nursing
Former Director of Good Samaritan Nurse-Managed Center

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Colleen H. Swartz, DNP, MSN, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FNAP BSN 1987, DNP 2011

Chief Nurse Executive/Chief Administrative Officer
UK HealthCare

Gail A. Wolf, PhD, RN, FAAN MSN 1978

Clinical Professor
University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
Former Chief Nursing Officer
University of Pittsburgh Health Care System

2011 Class of Inductees

Melissa D. Avery, PhD, RN, CNM, FACNM, FAAN MSN 1981

Professor and Chair
Child and Family Health Cooperative Unit,
University of Minnesota School of Nursing

Col. Marla J. De Jong, PhD, RN, CCNS, FAAN PhD 2005

Interim Associate Dean, Professor
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Vicki Hines-Martin, PhD, RN, CNS, FAAN PhD 1994

Professor and Director
Office of Disparities and Community Engagement,
University of Louisville School of Nursing

Tonda L. Hughes, PhD, RN, FAAN MSN 1981

Associate Dean for Global Health, Nursing Collegiate Professor
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Nursing

Juliann G. Sebastian, PhD, RN, FAAN BSN 1974, MSN 1977

Dean and Professor
University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing

2007 Class of Inductees

Nancy Dickenson-Hazard, MSN, RN, CNP, FAAN BSN 1968

Former Chief Executive Officer
Sigma Tau International, Indianapolis, Indiana

Sue Thomas Hegyvary, PhD, RN, FAAN BSN 1965

Dean Emeritus
University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle, Washington

Alice Gertrude Herman, PhD, RN, CNM MSN 1972

Nursing pioneer in rural and frontier areas of America, Harrodsburg, Kentucky

Cynda Hylton Rushton, PhD, RN, FAAN BSN 1978

Anne and George L. Bunting Professor of Clinical Ethics
Berman Institute of Bioethics, School of Nursing, John Hopkins University
 

Elizabeth (Betsy) Elder Weiner, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN, FACMI BSN 1975

Senior Associate Dean for Educational Informatics and Professor of Informatics
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Nashville, Tennessee