Julia Hereford Biographical File

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-0565

  • Staff Only
Hereford, Julia (1912-1985)

Abstract

Biographical file includes news clippings, curriculum vitae, and biographical sketches.

Dates

  • 1951 - 1985

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Reproduction Rights

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Historical or Biographical Note

Julia Jane Hereford, Ph.D., R.N., was appointed to the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing faculty as an instructor in 1938. Her service on the faculty, along with the completion of her M.A. in teaching from the Teachers College of Columbia University in New York, earned her a promotion to the rank of Assistant Professor in 1943. In the fall of 1945, she served briefly as a member of the NLNE staff for Post-Graduate Nursing Education Study, and in 1947, Hereford was promoted to Associate Professor.

With the departure of Dean Francis Helen Zeigler in 1949, Hereford was promoted to full professor and named Dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. During her deanship (1949-1965), dramatic changes occurred in the nursing program, often in keeping with national trends, and, in some cases, breaking new ground for others to follow.

Hereford took two leaves of absence during her career (1958-1959, 1965-1968), during which she undertook doctoral studies in administration at the University of Chicago. She returned to Vanderbilt in 1968 as professor, and upon the completion of her Ph.D. in 1972, she assumed additional duties as the school's first director of academic advising. Hereford officially retired in 1977, but she remained active with Vanderbilt as an emeritus faculty member through the early 1980s.

Extent

0.01 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Title
Julia Hereford (1912-1985) biographical file
Status
Completed
Author
Processed by EBL Special Collections Staff
Date
2010-05-11
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Description is inEnglish.

Repository Details

Part of the VUMC Historical Images and Biographies Repository

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