A Leader in Nursing Education and Community Health
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By Dawn Goodolf, associate dean and associate professor of nursing, Summer 2024
Janet A. Sipple, founding chairperson of the nursing program at Moravian University, passed away on February 9, 2024. Prior to her time at Moravian, she was the founding dean of the Barnes College School of Nursing in St Louis, Missouri, and served as the chairperson of the Division of Nursing at Lander University in Greenwood, South Carolina.
Sipple devoted her professional life to leading baccalaureate nursing education programs and to promoting international healthcare initiatives. She was the epitome of a community health nurse with a focus on providing care to vulnerable populations.
While at Moravian, she spearheaded the development of international healthcare courses offered for nursing majors. These offerings sent students and faculty to developed yet distant regions of the globe including Queensland, Australia, and to underdeveloped parts of the globe, such as Honduras.
Moravian’s nursing program benefited from Sipple’s fierce leadership, boundless knowledge, and innovation. She pushed the boundaries routinely and brought many along on her incredible journey. Sipple’s work as a nurse and educator was not merely a career but an unwavering commitment to the profession. Her greatest sources of pride, outside of her family, were the success of her students and colleagues. Sipple was a mentor, friend, and source of inspiration to all she knew. She exemplified resilience in the face of adversity and a southern spirit that loved to plan over-the-top celebrations. We will always remember how Sipple would quietly (but most times not-so-quietly) root for and provide support and courage for the underdog.
The School of Nursing and Public Health is grateful that Sipple’s legacy will continue through the Janet A. Sipple Lecture Endowment Fund, which finances the lecture and was created to honor Sipple for her role in establishing the St. Luke’s School of Nursing at Moravian College. The endowment was conceived in consultation with members of the nursing faculty to support programming on international healthcare, public health leadership, or world community service.
In Memoriam
1948 Emmeline Ungurian Lewis Dimmick
January 14, 2024
1953 Jean A. Pennebacker
March 11, 2024
1954 Gerald H. Ihle
March 7, 2024
1955 Patricia V. Schantz
April 4, 2024
1956 Dr. Joseph “Joe” Paul Hutsko
March 5, 2024
1957 Russell “Skip” Fegely
January 6, 2024
1957 Anne Elizabeth Frankenfield Howlett
January 26, 2024
1957 Regina Marie “Reggie” Stephenson
February 1, 2024
1957 Anthony Kochenash
March 14, 2024
1957 Tacey Jean Funk
March 28, 2024
1959 John E. Tracy
December 25, 2022
1959 Barbara Moening Lekorenos
November 15, 2023
1959 Mary Ann Kellow
January 4, 2024
1960 Constance E. “Connie” Glagola
February 16, 2024
1962 Gail Ellen Ekstrand, EdD
March 22, 2024
1964 Arthur Justus Crane
February 24, 2024
1964 George P. Gillen
March 8, 2024
1965 John Grube Landis
April 17, 2024
1966 Victoria E. Seidenberger
January 3, 2023
1966 Carol L. Graf
December 31, 2023
1966 Lance K. Eschholz
March 19, 2024
1968 Clarence Edward Odell
November 28, 2023
1968 Barbara L. Mueller
March 1, 2024
1968 Sharon Ann Pfeiffer
April 12, 2024
1969 Raymond LeMay Orth
December 31, 2023
1969 Thomas Fore
February 15, 2024
1972 Susan Michenfelder Lawless
August 20, 2023
1972 Carl Rush Meixsell
April 12, 2024
1972 John J. Kachmar Jr.
April 12, 2024
1973 Jeffery A. “Jeff” Toth
October 31, 2022
1975 John F. Lugo
April 1, 2024
1982 R. Steve Brynildsen
February 17, 2024
1990 Mary Ann McGuckin
January 1, 2024
1991 Jeffrey Kot
February 29, 2024
1993 Charles K. “Skip” Zartman
April 5, 2024
2007 Shaun Nathan Jordan
March 21, 2024
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