Distinguished Alumnus and Young Alumnus Award Recipients
2009 Award Recipients: Kathleen E. Chavanu Gorman
Charles S. Wilson
Past Recipients
2009 - Distinguished Alumnus Award: Kathleen E. Chavanu Gorman R.N., (M.S.N. '89)
Kathleen E. Chavanu Gorman, a Pleasanton, Neb. native, began her academic career at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing receiving her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree in 1989. Kathleen continued her educational journey at UNMC and received her Masters of Science in Nursing degree in 1995 with a Pediatric, Clinical Nurse Specialist and Nursing Administration focus.
Kathleen has established herself with 20 years of pediatric nursing experience. She began her career as a pediatric intensive care nurse at St. Joseph Hospital at Creighton University. Kathleen perfected her clinical and leadership skills while working at The Hospital for Sick Children and Childrens National Medical Center in Washington, DC.
Kathleen has extensive expertise in quality measure setting and improvement, patient safety, executive nursing leadership, evidence based practice, workforce and nursing outcomes, revenue cycle management, case management, care coordination and utilization management. Kathleen has held adjunct faculty positions at Georgetown University and Howard University; published manuscripts in leading clinical journals; served in leadership positions within Child Health Corporation of America, The National Association of Childrens Hospitals, The National Quality Forum and The Leapfrog Group.
Kathleen recently joined The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia as Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer. She begins her work at CHOP on Oct. 16. She is leaving her previous job as Vice President of Quality and Clinical Support Services at Childrens National Medical Center in Washington, DC.
2009 - Honorary Alumnus Award: Charles S. Wilson M.D.
Dr. Charles Wilson, a York, Neb. native, began his academic career at the University of Nebraska Medical Center being awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree with distinction in 1960. He then proceeded on to Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago, Illinois where he was awarded his Medical Degree in 1964.
Postdoctoral training included a medical internship with Fitzsimons General Hospital in Denver, Colorado, a Fellowship in Internal Medicine from the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota, and a Fellowship in Cardiology also in Rochester.
Academically, Dr. Wilson has been a Clinical Professor of Medicine for more than three decades at UNMC. He was Clinical Faculty in Cardiology at Lincoln Family Practice Residency Program at the Lincoln Medical Education Foundation from 1974-2000; was a Lecturer of Cardiovascular Disease, the Medical Aspects of Rehabilitation graduate level course at UNL from 1976-1988 and was a certified instructor for Advanced Cardiac Life Support, American Heart Association from 1989-2002.
Dr. Wilson has held Medical Licensure in Nebraska (1971-present), Kansas, Washington, Minnesota and California. For 15 years Dr. Wilson was a Partner at Internal Medicine Specialties in Lincoln, Nebraska and proceeding that position, Dr. Wilson spent an additional 15 years as a Partner at Nebraska Heart Institute. Dr. Wilson also served on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents from 1991 to 2009 and has been a great advocate for UNMC and especially the College of Nursing.
Since 2001, Dr. Wilson has been the Medical Director of BryanLGH Medical Center Ultrafast CT Scanner in Lincoln. He also is the Medical Director of the School of Allied Health at BryanLGH College of Medical Sciences.
Past Recipients
2008 - Distinguished Alumnus Award: Col. Kimberly A. Siniscalchi R.N., (MSN '88)
2007 - Distinguished Alumnus Award: Susan B. Hassmiller (MSN '83)
Honorary: Judith S. Billings
2006 - Distinguished Alumnus Award: Linda J.Miers - (BSN '71, PhD)
2005 - Distinguished Alumnus Award: Marcy J. Echternacht - (BSN '74, MS)
Excellence Award: Rebecca Keating-Lefler - (ASN '86, BSN '87, MSN '92, PhD '01)
Honorary: Ada Lindsey
2004 - Distinguished Alumnus Award: Sandra Borden - (MSN '87, PMC '96)
Excellence Award: Angie Andersen - (MSN '94, PMC, '01)
Honorary: Bill Lohr
2003 - Distinguished Alumnus Award: Audrey Nelson - (BSN '72, PhD)
Excellence Award: Leann Stofferahn - (MSN '98)
2002 - Distinguished Alumnus Award: Martha Foxall (MSN 76, PhD)
Excellence Award**: Jo Marsh (MSN 99, PMC '03)
Honorary: Del Lienemann
2001 - Distinguished Alumnus Award: Nancy Schneckloth (BSN 60, MSN 75)
Young Alumnus Award: June Eilers (BSN 71, MSN 74, PhD 96)
2000 - Distinguished Alumnus Award: Marilyn McCubbin (BSN 60)
1999 - Distinguished Alumnus Award: Peggy Hawkins (BSN 74, MSN 79)
1998 - Distinguished Alumnus Award: Barbara A. Winfield (BSN 56)
1997 - Distinguished Alumnus Award: Patricia Lopez (MSN 90)
Young Alumnus Award: Barbara J. Sittner (BSN 90, MSN 94)
1996 - Distinguished Alumnus Award: Gloria ODowd (BSN 61)
Young Alumnus Award: Carol Iverson (MSN 94)
1995 - Distinguished Alumnus Award: JoAnn Mulligan (BSN 58)
Young Alumnus Award: Michele Cornay (BSN 90)
1994 - Distinguished Alumnus Award: Rosalie Yeaworth, PhD
Young Alumnus Award: Dawn Duncan (ASN 83, BSN 84, MSN 94)
1993 - Distinguished Alumnus Award: L. Colette Jones, Ph.D. (BSN 58, MS, PhD)
1992 - Distinguished Alumnus Award: Carol M. Wilson (GND 51, BA, MA)
Young Alumnus Award: Susan Daubman (ASN 82, BSN 91)
1991 - Distinguished Alumnus Award: Gwen Macklem Finn (GND 52, MSN 74)
Young Alumnus Award: Elizabeth Dorencamper Schneider (BSN, MSN 89
1990 - Distinguished Alumnus Award: Kay Barnard (BSN 60)
1989 - Distinguished Alumnus Award: Marian Olson (GND 44, BSN 53, MSN 61, PhD)
Young Alumnus Award: Kristine Turner Norvell (ASN 79, BSN 85, MSN 87)
1988 - Distinguished Alumnus Award: Emily Brickley (BSN 30)
Young Alumnus Award: Ann Berger (MSN 84, PhD '96)
1987 - Alumni Achievement Award: co-winners
Marjorie Moore Cantor (GND 47, BSN 49, MA, PhD)
Elizabeth Kentopp - (BSN 48, MS)
1986 - Distinguished Alumnus Award: Gladys Sorensen (BS 45, MS, EdD, HDS)
1985 - Distinguished Alumnus Award: Beatrice Petersen Kalisch (BSN 65, PhD)
1984 - Distinguished Alumnus Award: Velma Sexmith Mason (BSN 31)
1983 - Distinguished Alumnus Award: Theta Cole Bullington (GND 38, BSN '39)
**Young Alumnus changed to Excellence Award in 2002
