Case Western Reserve University

Established in 1982, it was the first chair in gerontological nursing in the country and FPB’s first fully endowed professorship. Miss Cellar received her Master of Nursing degree from FPB in 1938 and worked for the next 39 years at University Hospitals, beginning as a staff nurse and rising to a leadership position in the Department of Nursing. She also worked with the University as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing, retiring in 1977. She recognized the need for nursing preparation in this area of nursing as the elderly population grew yearly in our nation; therefore, she established the professorship with a focus on gerontological nursing in memory of her parents, Carrie S. and Wilson F. Cellar.

Dean May L. Wykle is second to hold this chair and retains it today. Dr. Wykle is Dean of the FPB School of Nursing as well as the Director of the University Center on Aging and Health. She is a respected and accomplished scholar, teacher, active researcher, and advocate for diversity who has achieved national and international recognition as an expert in the fields of aging and gerontological nursing. Her research contributions are extensive, covering such areas as geriatric mental health, family caregiving, minority elders and caregivers, caring for patients with dementia, and the effects of stresses and strains on elderly physical health. Through her research, she has worked to increase knowledge that can be used to guide the care provided to older adults and their families.

Established in 1992 by Dr. Carl W. and Mrs. Margaret Davis Walter, BSN ’29, in honor of Mrs. Walter. Dr. Walter was an Emeritus Clinical Professor of Harvard University who revamped various medical and surgical procedures, including intravenous therapy, skin preparation for the patient and surgeon, sterilization of instruments, blood transfusions, and operating room procedures. His development of the flexible plastic blood bag and its attachments were a revolution in health care. Early in her career, Mrs. Walter worked as a public health nurse, teaching prenatal and postpartum care. She and Dr. Walter established the professorship to carry forward excellence in clinical pursuits.

Dr. Susan Ludington is a nurse-midwife who has focused on the health of infants for over thirty years. She was the first American researcher to start a program of Kangaroo Care research in the U.S. She was also the first researcher to be funded by the National Institutes of Health, National Center for Nursing Research, to test the safety and efficacy of Kangaroo Care with continuing care preterms. She has completed an extensive program of Kangaroo Care research, examining the safety and effects with preterm and low birth weight infants undergoing continuing care, mechanical ventilation, nasal CPAP, and phototherapy.

Established in 1988 by Mr. and Mrs. David Knight Ford in honor of Elizabeth Brooks Ford (Mrs. David Knight Ford). During her lifetime, Mrs. Ford was the founder and first president of the Cleveland Area League for Nursing, president of the Visiting Nurses Association, and president of the Maternal Health Association (now Planned Parenthood of Cleveland), in addition to serving on the boards of several other nursing organizations. She was appointed to the Federal Advisory Committee on Women in Service after World War II. She was a staunch supporter of the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, serving on FPB’s Visiting Committee from 1958 – 1965, and one of the School’s laboratories was named for her. Mr. Ford was a graduate of the Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 1921, and served on the Board of Overseers for Case Western Reserve University.

Dr. Joyce Fitzpatrick, who was Dean of the FPB School of Nursing from 1982 through 1997, is a pioneer in nursing education, leadership, and research whose work is well-known across five continents. She has provided consultation on nursing education and research throughout the world. In collaboration with the Case School of Medicine, she continues her early work in Uganda, where she has designed a series of educational interventions focused on HIV/AIDS prevention. Her program of research includes health care delivery systems, public policy of health care, and geriatric mental health issues, especially depression and suicide.

Established in 2001 through a bequest from the Arline H. and Curtis F. Garvin estate (Arline H. Garvin, BSN ’66, and Curtis F. Garvin, BA ’29, MD ’32, former School of Medicine faculty member). The holder of this professorship is required to be an outstanding scholar and researcher. The Garvin estate established four professorships at Case Western Reserve University: two at the FPB School of Nursing and two at the School of Medicine. During their lifetimes, the Garvins had long supported the Schools of Nursing and Medicine through scholarship funds for students and annual support for both schools.

Dr. Marion Good is internationally known for her research in pain management. She has tested and compared the effectiveness of non-pharmocological methods of pain management, patient teaching, and the combination of both. Her landmark study of using music to improve the sleep quality in older adults continues to draw interest from across the scientific and media spectrum.

Established in 1944 as the School’s first endowed professorship through a gift made by Mr. R. Livingston Ireland, Jr., Mrs. Margaret Allen Ireland and Miss Elisabeth F. Ireland in memory of Kate Hanna Harvey (Mrs. Perry N. Harvey). Mrs. Harvey was active on the governing bodies of many health agencies in Cleveland. She helped to make possible the post-graduate courses in Public Health Nursing at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and the establishment of the University Nursing District. The professorship was and is still focused on the teaching of public health nursing, which was essential for nursing preparation in the post-World War II era. In 1982, it became the second fully endowed professorship for FPB and the first endowed chair in the country in public health nursing.

Dr. Jaclene Zauszniewski serves as the Associate Dean for Doctoral Education as well as the Program Director for the PhD Program. She has pioneered work on “learned resourcefulness,” a collection of skills for coping with adversity and has over 28 years of nursing practice, including 18 years in the field of psychiatric-mental health nursing. Her program of research focuses on the identification of factors and strategies to prevent depression and to preserve healthy functioning during depressive episodes across the lifespan. She is best known for her research examining the development and testing of nursing interventions to teach resourcefulness skills to elders with chronic illness.

Committed in 1989 by the Independence Foundation of Philadelphia, PA, and formally established in 1991, this professorship was part of a $10.8 million grant to nursing education at nine top private nursing schools and programs across the nation. The Foundation was seeking to bring national attention to the nursing shortage, and therefore decided to aggressively fund scholarships as well as establish the endowment of nine nursing education chairs in an unprecedented and historic move.

Dr. John Clochesy is Program Director of the FPB School of Nursing’s Flight Nursing Program for advanced practice nursing students, which is the first of its kind in the world and was developed in response to the integration of air medical systems into critical care systems. A nationally recognized authority on critical care nursing, his research focuses on the care of critically ill patients being weaned from mechanical ventilation. He is also Director of Student Services and the Learning Resource Center.

Established in 1996 by Medical Mutual of Ohio (previously Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Ohio), income from the endowment is used to support the professorship focused on improving the quality of nursing and health care delivery through research targeted at vulnerable highrisk, high-cost, and high-volume patient groups. When established, it was the largest gift for an endowed professorship in nursing, and was the first chair devoted to health care quality in the United States.

Dr. Faye Gary has worked to improve the well-being of children and their families for more than three generations, with her efforts extended throughout the global community. She has an extensive background in psychiatric and mental health nursing and in-depth experiences in community-based research. Uniquely qualified to address health disparities that occur throughout the world, she has developed programs to address this complex issue. Much of her work centers on the prevention and treatment of mental disorders in children and youth that are caused by a multitude of social, economic, and health-related issues.

Established in 1994 in memory of Gertrude Perkins Oliva, who died at age 57 after a four-year battle with cancer. Mrs. Oliva was a board member and former vice president of the Hanna Perkins School in Cleveland for children with emotional problems. The original fund was actually established in 1991, due to the efforts of Kate Ireland (Mrs. Oliva’s cousin), as the Gertrude Perkins Oliva Faculty Development Fund for Cancer Nursing, but due to significant gifts and commitments by all who loved Mrs. Oliva, the fund qualified in a few years for a professorship. The original resolution was amended and renamed in 1994.

Dr. Barbara Daly has acheived international recognition for her research on chronically critically ill patients, which are adult patients who survive the life threatening phase of critical illness but continue to require extensive critical care support services. Since her research began in 1988, it is estimated that over 1850 subjects have been enrolled in her team’s studies.

Established in 1999 through the estate of Sarah Cole Hirsh, MN ’45, who graduated from the School as a member of the Cadet Nurse Program. She was a member of the Case Western Reserve University Board of Governors from 1960 – 1966. Throughout her career, Mrs. Hirsh was a dedicated volunteer to the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing. She served as a national chairman for the University Medical Center Development Program and helped raise major funds for the construction of the School’s current building. Mrs. Hirsh left $4.4 million to FPB, $1.25 million of which established the professorship; $1.8 million to establish a scholarship and financial aid fund to benefit baccalaureate nursing students; and $950,000 to establish the Sarah Cole Hirsh Institute for Best Practices Based on Evidence.

Dr. Katherine Jones is a new faculty member at the FPB School of Nursing. Before coming to Case, she was a professor in the doctoral program at the Yale School of Nursing, where her research was focused on clinical and organizational outcomes analysis. She has also conducted research on patient-based assessments of outcomes of routine surgery, variation in treatment processes and outcomes across NICUs, case-mix and severity of illness differences between hospital-based and freestanding hemodialysis units, and indigent care financing and delivery programs.

Established in 1984 through the Mellen Foundation by John D. and Elizabeth G. Drinko in memory of Edward J. Mellen, an investment banker, and his wife, Louise, both long-time residents of the Cleveland area who shared a commitment to the Cleveland community and its institutions. The Mellen’s believed that because their resources came from the community, those resources should be put back into the area’s institutions, particularly those in educational and health fields. The Mellen Foundation has contributed substantial resources to support FPB students preparing for careers in critical nursing care.

Dr. Shirley Moore is FPB's Associate Dean of Research. Her research has focused on the development and testing of interventions to facilitate recovery following acute cardiac events and secondary prevention of cardiac risk factors. Challenging a paradigm for cardiac rehabilitation that one program model could meet every patients needs, she has applied her research on populations that include women and elders with cardiac disease. In addition, Dr. Moore has integrated and tested the use of telehealth technology as a component of rehabilitative interventions.

Established in 2001 through a bequest from the Arline H. and Curtis F. Garvin estate (Arline H. Garvin, BSN ’66, and Curtis F. Garvin, BA ’29, MD ’32, former School of Medicine faculty member). The holder of this professorship is required to be an outstanding scholar and researcher. The Garvin’s estate established four professorships at Case Western Reserve University: two at the FPB School of Nursing and two at the School of Medicine. During their lifetimes, the Garvin’s had long supported the School of Nursing and School of Medicine through scholarship funds established at both schools for students and annual support for both schools.

Dr. Sarah Gueldner was formerly professor and former dean of nursing at the State University of New York at Binghamton, and prior to that director of nursing at Penn State University. Her research centers on well-being in elders and other compromised populations. She developed the Well-Being Picture Scale (WPS), which measures well-being in persons who may not be able to read or speak English fluently, or may be too sick or frail to respond to a lengthier questionnaire. In addition, she has completed research on the benefits of exercise in nursing home residents and community-dwelling elders, environmental enrichment, depression, life satisfaction, and immuno-competence in elderly populations.

The Marvin E. and Ruth Durr Denekas Chair was established to support excellence in academic education for nurses. Ruth Durr Denekas died in 1994; her husband died in 2006. The couple made plans to establish the chair and scholarship funds prior to their deaths so they would know that their hard-earned savings would go to their favorite cause—nursing education. Per the couple's request, the balance of the funds will be used for academic scholarships in memory of Ruth's parents, Frederick and Mary Durr.

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