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Katie was a graduate of the Union Hospital
School of Nursing in Terre Haute. During her nursing career she
held positions with Union Hospital and the medical offices of
Dr. Noel McBride and Dr. John M. Palm. She retired in 1989 as
the director of nursing at the Shady Creek Nursing Home in
Greencastle.
During her tenure as ISNA president, the
Indiana Nurses Foundation was incorporated in December 1976 and
the ISNA Council of Adult and Child Nurse Practitioners was
formed. Also, the Commission on Practice established the
protocol for a peer review program for impaired nurses, which
was a forerunner to ISNA’s Peer Review and Assistance Program
for Registered Nurses. During her presidency, ISNA also assumed
responsibility for the activities of the Indiana Statewide Plan
for Continuing Education in Nursing (ISPCEN). She also served
as a member of the ISNA Committee on Membership from 1998-2001.
Her first marriage was to George
E. Lawson and he preceded her in death on October 13, 1995. She
married Arthur George in 1997 and he survives. Other survivors
include: Nancy Lawson, daughter; Major Jerry Lawson, son; Dennis
Lawson, son; David George, stepson; Paul George, stepson; five
grandchildren; seven step-grandchildren; and three
great-grandchildren.
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