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Distinguished Nursing Alumni

Susan Beck Larson, PhD, APRN, AOCN, FAAN

BSN 1974 

  • Oncology Nursing Society Nurse Researcher of the Year 2012
Rita Carty RN, DNSc, FAAN

BSN 1965

  • Former Dean, School of Nursing, George Mason University
  • Past President, American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Deborah Coltrane, MBA, MSN, RN

BSN 1973

  • Director of Marketing and Education, PocketNurse
Lana deRuyter, PhD, RN

PhD 2008

  • Dean of Allied Health, Emergency Services and Nursing, Delaware County Community College
Judy Didion, PhD, MSN, RN

PhD 2007

  • Dean and Professor, College of Nursing, Lourdes University
James Doelling, RN, BSN, MS

BSN, 1988

  • Associate Chief Nurse, VA Boston HCS
Sr. Mary Jean Flaherty, PhD, RN, FAAN

BSN 1956

  • Former Dean, The Catholic University of America
Mary Ann Fralic, DrPH, RN, FAAN

BSN 1960

  • Former Chief Nursing Officer, Professor Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations, John Hopkins University
  • Duquesne Alumni Association Distinguished Alumni
Sr. Louise Grundish, BSN, Med, MNEd, RN

BSN, Med 1963

  • Current President of Archivists of Congregations of Womens Religions (ACWR)
  • Chair of the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill Bicentennial Committee - celebrating the foundation of Sisters of Charity in the United States by St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in 1809
Diane Hupp, RN, MSN

BSN 1987, MSN 1995

  • Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Barbara Karaktkey Colin, BSN, MSN

BSN 1971

  • Chief Nursing Officer, Bayada Nurses, Moorestown, NJ
Richard Longo, RN, FACHE, FACMPE

BSN 1975

  • Senior Vice President, Network Management, Devon Health Services
Joan Massella RN, M.Ed, MBA

Master of Science Education  1987

  • Administrative Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, St. Clair Hospital
Carolynn Masters, PhD, RN

PhD 2000

  • Provost and Academic Vice President of Gannon University in Erie, PA
Mary Beth McLaughlin RN, BSN, MPM

BSN 1985

  • Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, UPMC Magee-Women's Hospital
Diane Mead, RN, BSN

BSN 1989

  • President and CEO, Bethany Hospice
Ramona Nelson, PhD, FAAN

BSN 1966

  • Ramona Nelson Consulting
  • Member, ANA Committee on Nursing Practice Information Infrastructure
  • Chair, NLN Educational Technology and Information Management Advisory Council
Wendy Robinson, PhD, RN, FNP-BC,CNE

MSN 2008, PhD 2012

  • President/CEO, Helene Fuld College of Nursing
Andrea Schmid-Mazzoccoli Phd, RN, FAAN

BSN, MBA 1997

  • Chief Nursing Officer, Bon Secours Health System
  • Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellow
Lori Schumacher Anderson, PhD

PhD 2004

  • Associate Dean Academic Affairs, Associate Professor, Georgia Health Sciences University
Major General Kimberly Siniscalchi, BSN, MSN

BSN 1979

Marlaine C. Smith, RN, PhD, AHN-BC, FAAN

BSN 1972

  • Dean and Helen K. Persson Eminent Scholar for the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University
Amy Smith, DNP

DNP 2012

  • Chief Quality Officer, Sharon Regional Health System
Mary Ellen Smith Glasgow, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC

PhD 2002

  • Dean and Professor, Duquesne University School of Nursing
  • Former Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellow
Suzan Ulrich, DrPH, CNM, FACNM

BSN 1976

  • Associate Dean of Midwifery and Women's Health at Frontier Nursing University
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellow
Patricia Valoon, MSN, RN

MSN 1965

  • Retired, Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, New York University Langone Medical Center