Record Accession Number: 1395
First UVA program NURS Second UVA program
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Home town Roanoke Home state VA
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Home town classification Small city
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High school classification parochial day
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Was your high school co-ed? Yes
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Did you come directly from high school to UVA? Yes
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Important activities before coming to UVA
Comments on important activities School and related sports and clubs - Junior Achievement - Church
If married, was it before, during, or after UVA? During
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Was your spouse associated with UVA? Student
Comments on spouses association with UVA Spring of 1961. We were married 1 week after his graduation in June '63. I graduated in September '63.
Mother's first degree Mother's first college Business college
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Family members at UVA
Comments on family members at UVA Sister-in-law - Susan W. Donckers NURS '67; Niece - Katherine A. Donckers CLAS '87; Husband - John Patrick Doherty CLAS '63
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Comments on college experiences
Why did you choose UVA?
Comments on choice to attend UVA The quality of the nursing program coupled with the experience of college life.
How did you finance UVA?
Comments on financing Part scholarship, part parents, and once we were allowed to work in the hospital I took extra shifts.
Why did you choose your UVA concentration(s)?
Comments on choice of concentration Lifelong interest
Description of UVA classroom experiences
Comments on classroom experiences Interested teachers - challenging. Small groups.
Description of UVA professor interactions
Comments on professor interactions Kind and pleasant. They wanted you to succeed - willing to help.
Who impacted your life at UVA?
Comments on life impact Betty Norris - motivation and inspiration. Ann Kayan Mrs. Ludwig - small German women who taught chemistry Housemothers - Mrs. Schwiker Pat Trussell - Nurse at hospital who lived in McKim W.A Stickle - priest at Newman Center
Most memorable UVA educational experience
Comments on memorable educational experience The textbook learning was well reinforced with actual practice on the hospital floors. I felt that even with nursing being my focus, I was given more of the sense of appreciating the liberal arts by being at the University. Thus I felt well prepared and well rounded.
UVA weekend activities
Comments on weekend activities Dating - sporting events, occasionally traveling home or to other colleges. (Often working!)
UVA extra-curricular organizations
Comments on extra-curricular organizations The Newman Center gave me a sense of belongling to a close knit group - other than just my classmates. Other University groups were not open to diploma nurses. I also had good friends at [Jack's?] fraternity.
Important local, state, national, and international issues while at UVA
Comments on important issues Cuban Missile Crisis - poverty among the mountain population.
How interest in issues was expressed
Comments on how interest was expressed I had plans to work on the U.S.S. Hope Hospital Ship. I liked the effort to educate third world county populations.
UVA housing
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Likes and dislikes about housing
Comments on likes and dislikes Disliked: Communal bathrooms and as all young women did at the time, the strict curfews - now, I'm grateful that the curfews were there.
Where were meals eaten
Comments on meal location hospital cafeteria
Did you interact outside of UVA?
Interaction detail Only the parent of some classmates.
Memories of Charlottesville
Comments on Charlottesville memories It was a small, friendly town. Most of anything we needed was at the "Corner" or a walk into the town. I never felt threatened.
Did you feel part of UVA community? Did you feel part of community?
Incidents that caused these community feelings No - diploma students weren't recognized by the University and we felt set apart. Yes - through sports, fraternity parties, etc.
Vivid UVA memories
Comments on vivid memories The first thing that comes to mind is the "riot" on Thanksgiving weekend of 1961. It was very frightening to run through the tear gas in an attempt to make McKim curfew. You were in big trouble if you were late and [you'd?] be in big trouble if an official grabbed you. We had to go through the area to return to the dorm. This probably comes to mind because it was so out of character to the rest of my time at U.Va.!
Did marital status affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of marital status I was single and thus had all of the fun and social experiences of the usual college student.
Did cultural background affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of cultural background We were aware that as Roman Catholics we were a minority but that was more of a cultural thing of the geographic area than anything from the University.
Did UVA prepare you for post-UVA life?
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Most significant post-UVA events
Comments on most significant event Marriage - motherhood and my volunteer activities.
Personal factors that affected professional life
Comments on personal factors Husband and I chose a "traditional" family (he worked - I raised two children and did community volunteering. In all of my roles as a volunteer (Board member, Governor's appointee, community activist and author) I used my nursing education and the value I learned at U.Va.
Other factors affecting life after the university
Comments on other factors An assignment in Canada for my husband and me plus a good deal of interaction with people from around the globe [vice?] his work.
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Do you think of yourself as a career woman?
Comments on career woman question volunteer career
Barriers faced in work and volunteering
Comments on barriers question I often found a lack of respect for a volunteer not "backed by employment." You had to work harder to prove your value. There were times when I also felt that I as a woman I again needed to prove myself in situations.
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Current employment status
Comments on employment status Community activist on many non-profit boards of directors.
Additional comments Pride in the Honor Code is still a great part of my husband's code of ethics. We will always value the education and other experiences of our time at Virginia. We were among other students who shared goals and under instructors who had high expectations and standards. The tradition of "Mr. Jefferson" and respect for history included a respect for each other. Please note attachment B. It is a copy of my acceptance speech last year at the School of Nursing. I believe it "says it all."

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