Schlotfeldt, Rozella M. (b. 1914–)

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Schlotfeldt, Rozella M. (b. 1914–)

American nurse. Born Rozella May Schlotfeldt, June 29, 1914, in DeWitt, IA; dau. of Clara Cecelia (Doering) Schlotfeldt (trained nurse) and John William Schlotfeldt (businessman); State University of Iowa, BS in nursing, magna cum laude (1935); University of Chicago, MS, 1947, PhD, 1956; pursued postgraduate work at New York Hospital.

Worked as a maternity nurse at University of Iowa Hospital (1935–36); spent 2 years in Europe with US Army Nurse Corps (1944–46); as dean (1956–72) and professor (1956–82) of Case Western Reserve University's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, developed a PhD program and recruited noted nursing specialists; served as a member of Office of the US Surgeon General's advisory committee (1961–63).

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