First Graduates, Class of 1964

The first graduates of the McPherson Health Center School for Practical Nursing, Howell, Michigan. The graduates were twenty-one women. The School for Practical Nursing was sponsored by the McPherson Health Center where classes were held, and by Brighton and Howell Public Schools. It was funded by government funds under the Manpower Retraining Act through 1966. All of the graduates passed their state board examination and were eligible to be licensed by the State Board of Nursing as Licensed Practical Nurses.

The graduates include (in order of last name): Taimi Alexander, Alleen Armstrong, Joy Biller, Beverly Brunais, Mary Bugard, Sandra Chapman, Loretta Cluckey, Doris Downing, Genevieve Gruzd, Susan Hayne, Sydney Morse, Hazel Northcutt, Helen O'Neill, Kathlyn Paine, Emily Rohrabacher, Vonda Schiller, Saray May Schmidt, Virginia Sidell, Muriel Simmons, Violet Shinn, Ida Shosey, Julia Tabachki, Carol Wall, Elaine Woodworth, and Dorothy Yeagle ₁. 

1. Hospital Practical Nursing Course Ends 2 Months of Year's Course. (1964, December 16). Livingston County Press.