Rheba de tornyay biography
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Rheba de Tornyay
The distinguished career of a nursing pioneer and UW faculty member came to a close on September 27, 2013 with the death of Dean Emeritus Rheba de Tornyay, EdD, RN, FAAN.
She was 87.
Dean, educator, innovator, trailblazer, mentor, collaborative colleague, friend, inspirational leader.
Rheba de tornyay biography
. . all these were facets of a career whose focal point and touchstone was the University of Washington School of Nursing, where she served as dean from 1975 to 1986 and as a faculty member until 1996.
Rheba de TornyayRheba’s UW tenure encompassed a dramatic and dynamic phase of the School of Nursing’s growth.
Her critical emphasis, not without controversy, was upgrading the standards of the nursing profession and nursing faculty to be consistent with standards of other learned professions and disciplines. The University of Washington was advancing to national prominence as an outstanding research university, and Rheba ensured the School of Nursing kept pace.
Thus, faculty were held