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Loretta Ford
American nurse and professor · United States · On the map · Lived 1920 to 2025 · aged 104
Loretta Cecelia Ford was an American nurse and the co-founder of the first nurse practitioner program. Along with pediatrician Henry Silver, Ford started the pediatric nurse practitioner program at the University of Colorado in 1965.
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2025Died22 January 20252012Colorado Women's Hall of FameAward2003Elizabeth Blackwell AwardAward1999Living Legend of the American Academy of NursingAward1920Born28 December 1920
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About this person
In 1972, Ford joined the University of Rochester as founding dean of their nursing school.
Country
United States
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1920 to 2025 · aged 104
