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Mary Elizabeth Hilliard
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| Title: |
Professor Emerita |
| Industry: |
Education |
| Type of Organization: |
University |
| Major Product/Service: |
Higher education |
| Expertise: |
Dr. Hilliard specializes in both nursing and midwifery. |
| Geographic Area of Distribution: |
Florida |
| University/Degree: |
M.S.N., Yale University; Ph.D., Psychological Foundations of Education, University of Florida, 1973 |
| Born: |
January 26, 1925, Framingham, Massachusetts |
| Hobbies/Sports: |
Painting, cartoonist, writer |
| Work History: |
Dr. Hilliard previously worked at Massachusetts General Hospital in the maternity/newborn unit in 1946. In 1947, she worked at Margaret Hague Maternity Hospital and from 1949 to 1956, she performed nursing services with the United States Navy Corps. Dr. Hilliard was an Assistant Professor at the University of Wyoming from 1957 to 1961 and an Assistant and Full Professor from 1961 to 1990 at the University of Florida. |
| Honors & Awards: |
Woman of the Year, American Biographical Institute, 2006 |
| Published Works: |
Dr. Hilliard is in the process of publishing a book entitled, "A Labor of Love". |
| Career Accomplishments: |
Dr. Hilliard is the Founding Director of the Nurse Midwifery Program at the University of Florida. |
