Directory of Scholars


Donna Lee Algase 1983-1984 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Donna Lee Algase was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Jance Bistritz 1983-1984 Winner | Master’s Degree
Jance Bistritz was awarded the Nurses Scholarship & Fellowship / Mead Johnson Scholarship. read more.

Marilyn Bochenko Andrews 1983-1984 Winner | Master’s Degree
Marilyn Bochenko Andrews was awarded the Nurses Scholarship & Fellowship / Edith Pritchardv. read more.

Nancy Brainard 1983-1984 Winner | Master’s Degree
Nancy Brainard was awarded the American Journal of Nursing / New Jersey Association of Baccalaureate & Higher Education Scholarship. read more.

Laura Clarke 1983-1984 Winner | Master’s Degree
Laura Clarke was awarded the Nurses Scholarship & Fellowship / Mead Johnson Scholarship. read more.

Dorinda Dove 1983-1984 Winner | Baccalaureate Degreee
Dorinda Dove was awarded the Nurses Scholarship & Fellowship / NSNA (Laura D. Smith) Scholarship. Degree: BA read more.

Orpha Gehman 1983-1984 Winner | Master’s Degree
Orpha Gehman was awarded the Liesel M. Hiemenz / CBS Foundation (W.B. Saunders Company) Scholarship. read more.

Shira Gordan 1983-1984 Winner | Master’s Degree
Shira Gordan was awarded the CBS Foundation (W.B. Saunders Company) Scholarship. read more.

Nora Hickey 1983-1984 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Nora Hickey was awarded the Isabel McIsaac / Nurses Scholarship & Fellowship. read more.

Vicki Hines-Martin 1983-1984 Winner | Master’s Degree
Vicki Hines-Martin was awarded the Nurses Scholarship & Fellowship / Estelle Massey Osborne Scholarship. read more.

Kathleen Huggins 1983-1984 Winner | Master’s Degree
Kathleen Huggins was awarded the E.R. Squibb & Sons Scholarship. read more.

Miriam Kaplan 1983-1984 Winner | Master’s Degree
Miriam Kaplan was awarded the Nurses Scholarship & Fellowship / C.V. Mosby Company Scholarship. read more.

Marilyn King 1983-1984 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Marilyn King was awarded the Liesel M. Hiemenz Scholarship. read more.

Jane Kirschling 1983-1984 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Jane Kirschling was awarded the Nurses Scholarship & Fellowship / Lucy C. Perry Scholarship. read more.

Kelli LaFleur 1983-1984 Winner | Master’s Degree
Kelli LaFleur was awarded the Nurses Scholarship & Fellowship / Mead Johnson Scholarship. read more.

Deborah Lumley 1983-1984 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Deborah Lumley was awarded the AJN/Thelma Schorr Scholarship. read more.

Barbara Mawn-Wright 1983-1984 Winner | Master’s Degree
Barbara Mawn-Wright was awarded the Nurses Scholarship & Fellowship / Michael Kelly Memorial Scholarship. read more.

Mary McCullogh 1983-1984 Winner | Baccalaureate Degreee
Mary McCullogh was awarded the Edith M. Pritchard Scholarship. Degree: BA read more.

Lonna Milburn 1983-1984 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Lonna Milburn was awarded the Nurses Scholarship & Fellowship / Lucy C. Perry Scholarship. read more.

Priscilla Simmons 1983-1984 Winner | Master’s Degree
Priscilla Simmons was awarded the Nurses Scholarship & Fellowship / F.A. Davis Scholarship. read more.

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Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. (NEF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established by nurses for nurses in 1912, and since then, the organization has awarded over 1,500 scholarships to support the pursuit of advanced degrees in nursing.


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NEF’s named scholarships, created with a minimum donation of $50,000, honor and memorialize nurse leaders, from Isabel Hampton Robb to Thelma Schorr to Susan Bowar-Ferres. 100% of donations help to keep NEF scholarships funded in perpetuity; organization expenses are covered by prudent management of NEF’s investments.