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May Wykle, the dean and Florence Cellar professor at CWRU's Frances
Payne Bolton School of Nursing, is one of 12 African-American
nurses featured in Aetna Insurance Company's African-American
History Calendar for 2003.
May Wykle, the dean and Florence
Cellar professor at CWRU's Frances Payne Bolton School of
Nursing
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Each month in the calendar profiles an African American prominent
in some aspect of nursing. Wykle, in September, is described as
"The Educator." Accompanying text summarizes her career in nursing,
focusing on her work in geriatric nursing.
"Geriatrics can be very exciting," Wykle states in the text.
"I always tell young people that what you do today to make the
quality of life better for aging adults adds to your own longevity
and sense of well-being."
Among others featured in the calendar are Dorothy L. Powell,
associate dean for nursing in the College of Pharmacy, Nursing
and Allied Health Sciences at Howard University; Linda Burnes
Bolton, vice president and chief nursing officer of Cedars-Sinai
Health System and Research Institute in Los Angeles; and Marvel
King Davis, clinical nurse specialist in psychiatry and service
manager for dual diagnosis at Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital.
"I'm extremely flattered to be included among such an outstanding
group of nursing professionals," said Wykle. "I hope this project
will help more people, especially minority individuals, to explore
nursing as a career."
Peg Garrity, project manager, said Aetna has been producing calendars
featuring African Americans in a variety of fields since 1982.
"When I proposed to our chairman, John W. Rowe that we use this
year's calendar to highlight African Americans in nursing, he
immediately suggested that we include Dean Wykle, whom he has
known for some time," Garrity said.
She added that the individuals featured on the calendar were
chosen with the help of the National Black Nurses Association
and the Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nurse Associations.
Aetna has printed about 40,000 of the calendars. Most are distributed
free to schools and other nonprofit institutions, Garrity said.
Wykle has been on the faculty of the Bolton School since 1969
and dean since 2001. She is a resident of Solon.
Copies of the calendar are available by calling 860-273-0509.
It also can be viewed on the Web at http://www.aetna.com/diversity/aahcalendar/index.html.
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