- Eloise Lewis
Eloise Patricia Ralling Lewis (1920-1999) was the first dean of the School of Nursing at the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro .Education
Eloise Patricia Rallings Lewis was born in
Pageland ,South Carolina , in 1920. She was the fourth daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. Monroe Rallings, a country medical practitioner and a college speech teacher, respectively. Lewis graduated from Pageland High School in 1936 and continued her education atWinthrop College inRock Hill , South Caroliona. After two years, she transferred toVanderbilt University inNashville ,Tennessee . She graduated from the hospital program there in 1941.Early eareer
Lewis began her medical career as a faculty member of the Women's Medical College School of Nursing in
Philadelphia ,Pennsylvania . She served as an instructor and supervisor of medical-surgical nursing there from 1941 to 1943. For the next two years, until 1945, she served as an instructor atJohn Hopkins University inBaltimore ,Maryland .Military service
In the spring of 1945, Lewis enlisted in the
Army Nurse Corps . She completed basic training atFort Lee inVirginia and became the assistant director of theCadet Nurse Corps at theValley Forge General Hospital inPhoenixville , Pennsylvania. In December of 1945, she was discharged with the rank of first lieutenant.Later education and career
Lewis received a master's degree in education from the
University of Pennsylvania in 1951. While there, from 1946 to 1952, she worked as a faculty member. In 1953, Lewis joined the faculty of the School of Nursing at theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , remaining a professor there until 1966. While there she received a doctorate in education fromDuke University . In 1966, Lewis became the first dean of the School of Nursing at the University of North Carolina a Greensboro. She retired in 1985.ervice work
Lewis was active in the
Greensboro community and professional organizations through her career and after retirement. From 1978 to 1980, she served as the president of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. During the mid-eighties, she worked as the first editor of the Journal of Professional Nursing. Lewis was active withhospice care in the Greensboro area, and received awards for her contributions to the nursing field, including four honorary degrees.ee also
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Nursing
*Army Nurse Corps
*University of North Carolina at Greensboro External links
* [http://library.uncg.edu/depts/archives/mss/html/Mss128.htm Finding Aid for the Eloise P. Lewis Papers] at the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
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