About Elizabeth Bixler Torrey
Lived 1899 – 1976 (aged 76). Elizabeth Bixler Torrey was a nurse.
Elizabeth Bixler Torrey (October 29, 1899 – August 14, 1976) was an American nurse who spent much of her career working to improve accreditation standards for American schools of nursing.
Biography On October 29, 1899 Elizabeth Seelye Bixler was born to Mabel Seelye Bixler and James Wilson Bixler in New London, Connecticut. Afterwards, Torrey stayed on as staff, serving first as a Night Supervisor from 1927–1928, and then as an assistant professor of nursing from 1930–1934. She returned to the Yale School of Nursing as Dean from 1944–1959.
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Who was Elizabeth Bixler Torrey?
American nurse (1899–1976)
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Elizabeth Bixler Torrey was born on 29 October 1899.
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Elizabeth Bixler Torrey died on 14 August 1976.
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Elizabeth Bixler Torrey was a nurse.
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