Obituary
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                                          VUSN Alumna, Camille Legeay Cook, has diedIt was with sadness that VUSN learned of the death of alumna Camille Legeay Cook. Camille joined the Foreign Service as the first nurse assigned to the American Embassy in Tokyo in 1952. She worked as a nurse consultant at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, and later for the US Public… Read MoreMar. 8, 2021 
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                                          Ginna Corts, BSN'70, MSN'73, one of VUSN's first FNPs, has diedIt was with sadness that VUSN learned of the death of alumna Camille Legeay Cook. Camille joined the Foreign Service as the first nurse assigned to the American Embassy in Tokyo in 1952. She worked as a nurse consultant at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, and later for the US Public… Read MoreFeb. 19, 2021 
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                                          School of Nursing mourns loss of Tom Christenbery, beloved professor and champion of compassion in nursingIt was with sadness that VUSN learned of the death of alumna Camille Legeay Cook. Camille joined the Foreign Service as the first nurse assigned to the American Embassy in Tokyo in 1952. She worked as a nurse consultant at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, and later for the US Public… Read MoreFeb. 17, 2021 
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                                          Kate Payne, Vanderbilt nurse and bioethicist, has diedIt was with sadness that VUSN learned of the death of alumna Camille Legeay Cook. Camille joined the Foreign Service as the first nurse assigned to the American Embassy in Tokyo in 1952. She worked as a nurse consultant at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, and later for the US Public… Read MoreJan. 14, 2021 
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                                          Ken Wallston, prominent nursing researcher and health psychology pioneer, has diedIt was with sadness that VUSN learned of the death of alumna Camille Legeay Cook. Camille joined the Foreign Service as the first nurse assigned to the American Embassy in Tokyo in 1952. She worked as a nurse consultant at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, and later for the US Public… Read MoreNov. 11, 2020 
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                                          Former faculty and alumna Sue McConnell Jones diesIt was with sadness that we learned that former faculty member and alumna Lenita "Sue" McConnell Jones, BSN’67, MSN’74, died August 29. A Double 'Dore, she was one of VUSN’s first nurse practitioner graduates as well as one of the first 100 NPs in the U.S. Jones was instrumental in the creation of the first certification process for NPs and enjoyed a long career as practitioner, professor and nursing director. Read MoreSep. 2, 2020 
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                                          Former faculty, alumna and trailblazer Sara Hutchinson Hampshire rememberedFriends, former students and past colleagues were saddened to hear of the May 2 death of School of Nursing alumna and former faculty member Sara Hutchison Hampshire, BSN’71, MSN’75. Vanderbilt Magazine recalled the life and impact of this women's health trailblazer. Read MoreAug. 7, 2020 
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                                          Former Dean Colleen Conway-Welch has diedIt was with sadness that VUSN learned of the death of alumna Camille Legeay Cook. Camille joined the Foreign Service as the first nurse assigned to the American Embassy in Tokyo in 1952. She worked as a nurse consultant at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, and later for the US Public… Read MoreOct. 12, 2018