COLLEGE OF NURSING
877 Madison Avenue, Room 620
Memphis, TN 38163
Donna Hathaway, Ph.D., Dean
Cheryl Cummings Stegbauer, Ph.D., Director, Academic Programs
Cynthia K. Russell, Ph.D., Director, Distributive Programs
Muriel Rice, Ph.D., Assistant Dean for Students
Roberta Mills, MSN, Assistant Dean
GENERAL INFORMATION

Memphis Training School for Nurses was chartered September 28, 1887, at a time when nursing education in the United States was still in its infancy. It was one of the first schools of nursing in the South and was the first in the Mid-South. In December 1887, the school accepted its first student, Lena Clark Angevine, who is now known as Tennessee's pioneer nurse. In 1898, a new city hospital along with the Nursing School of the Memphis City Hospital opened at 860 Madison Avenue, and the Memphis Training School for Nurses closed.

The medical staff of the hospital petitioned the Mayor to appoint Mrs. Lena Angevine Warner Superintendent of Nurses at the new nursing school. In 1913, the hospital became the teaching center of the College of Medicine of the University of Tennessee. In 1920, the Memphis General Hospital became a University hospital by contractual agreement when the University of Tennessee College of Medicine accepted responsibility for the medical care of the patients. In 1926, the University of Tennessee School of Nursing was created, and on November 9, 1926, The City of Memphis and The University of Tennessee entered into a contract governing the operation of the Memphis General Hospital by the College of Medicine. The University began operation of the School of Nursing in June 1927. In July 1949, the School of Nursing became an autonomous unit within the University.

• Married: Abt 1890
• Change Date: 5 Nov 2012

1. Media: Internet Site
   Abbrev: Dr. E. Dianne Greenhill
   Title: Nurse #000001
   Author: Dr. E. Dianne Greenhill
   Publication: URL: http://pr.tennessee.edu/alumnus/fall96/k.html