Class Notes

Carolyn McEwen (B.S.'85/N) retired in 2013.

Patsy Turner (B.S.'88/N) retired April 2019.

Kai Mebust, M.D.(M.D.'00/M) was appointed physician-in-chief of the Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown, N.Y. on Jan. 1, 2020, after a national search. He has spent his entire career at the center, as an intern, resident, chief resident, chief of hospital medicine and, associate department chief and his new position as chief of the Department of Medicine.

Lesley Shure, M.D.** (B.S.’81/H&S; M.D.’95/M; H.S.’96/M,) who completed her undergraduate degree as Leslie Suher, changed the spelling to Lesley Shure and completed her M.D. as Lesley Padilla has returned to Lesley Shure.

Nadine Foster (M.S.'02/N; Cert.'02/N) is working in a corporate role. She has earned a D.N.P. and is planning to begin teaching.

Barbara Morgan-Washington (D.D.S.'80/D) has been practicing dentistry in South Carolina since 1980. She spent 10 years in private practice and the rest in a federal qualified health center, which, she writes, “I found to be my true calling.” She is married to Fred S. Washington Jr. and they celebrated their 36th wedding anniversary June 30, 2020. She is also a mother of two daughters and has three grandchildren. She is looking forward to retirement at the end of 2020.

Thomas Thacher (B.S.’69/B)retired from the U.S. Navy in 1996 and retired from the federal government in 2006.

Patrice Malena (B.S.'96/N) retired in May 2020 from the VA Medical Center in Hampton, Va., and is now living in Hertford, N.C.

Katherine Eichin** (B.S.'07/H&S) received a master of science degree in nursing for family nurse practitioner in May 2020.