September 1966 Archives - VGH School of Nursing Alumnae Association

Doris Riedweg – Alumn and Novelist!

Doris – on the left in the blue jacketDoris Riedweg’s third novel Water in the Wilderness was launched March 31

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Remembering Dr. Helen Mussallem VGH Sept’ 1937

January 7, 1915 – November 9, 2012 Many of you will remember Helen Mussallem when she a member of the

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Remembering Dr. Beverly Witter Du Gas

VGH 1945 June 29, 1923 – November 22, 2012Director VGH School of Nursing 1957-1965 It is with great sadness we

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Marjorie (Espley) Wilson Turns 100!

Marjorie (Espley) Wilson 1935 celebrated her 100th birthday August 16, 2012 with a tea party at Truffles Cafe, VanDusen Gardens.

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Remembering Shirley (Emigh) McAllister – VGH January 1947

December 23, 1924-June 5, 2012 Shirley was born in Langenburg, Saskatchewan and grew up in and around Broadview and Moosomin.

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Class of September 1972

Sept 72 got together for a reunion in Whistler in September of 2012. We had twenty-eight graduates make the trek

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Janet Fernau, Class of August ’56 honoured with an MBE

Janet Fernau, Class of August ’56 was honoured with an MBE (Member British Empire) in the Queen’s Birthday list for

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Remembering Nancy Lee. Class of 1932

May 5, 1910-June 16, 2012 Nancy Viola Lee died peacefully in Nelson, B.C. on June 16, 2012 a month after

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VGH School of Nursing Portrait Doll Project

We are proud to present you with the speech given by Sheila J. Rankin Zerr at the Alumnae Luncheon May

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Lyle Morrison Creelman ’36 – LLD, DSC, OC 1908 –2007

Lyle Creelman was a provincial, national and international nursing leader of great distinction. She was born August 14, 1908, in Nova Scotia and later, moved to Vancouver with her parents. Her first career was as an elementary school teacher but she changed professions, graduating from VGH in 1936 and from UBC with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Nursing A Rockefeller Scholarship in 1938 enabled her to obtain a master’s degree from Columbia University in 1939. She worked for the Metropolitan Health Department in Vancouver serving as a supervisor of public health nursing, and then director of nursing during the early 1940’s. She was president of RNABC in 1944.

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A Presentation by Mengia Nicholson (Semadeni) Class of Sept ’62 at the 2012 Luncheon

Presented by
Class of Feb ‘62

A Presentation by Mengia Nicholson (Semadeni) at the 2012 LuncheonMrs. Du Gas and Honoured Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Class of Sept ‘62, and Classmates,

It is an honour to say a few words on behalf of the Class of February ‘62 on this, our 50^th Anniversary!

It is also very special to be able to thank you in person, Mrs. Beverly Witter Du Gas, our Director of Nursing. Mrs. Du Gas, you were a wonderful role model for us and an outstanding nursing leader. It is now that we more fully realize your considerable contribution towards insuring good learning experiences for each of us as well as appropriate support during our training. We warmly thank you and we wish you the best.

Thank you, President Kathy Murphy and Alumnae Executive for your many activities to: – assist VGH students; – bring together the classes of the School of Nursing at these lovely luncheons, – and your timely development of the Website and Archives. Your work means a great deal to the VGH nursing community. We also congratulate classmate, Gail McKay, on receiving the honour of a Life Membership today.

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