{"id":7555,"date":"2022-10-10T11:14:54","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T16:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/?p=7555"},"modified":"2022-10-10T11:14:54","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T16:14:54","slug":"world-war-ii-cadet-nurse-and-mizzou-alum-visits-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2022\/10\/10\/world-war-ii-cadet-nurse-and-mizzou-alum-visits-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"World War II cadet nurse (and Mizzou alum) visits campus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/SON-Harrington-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/SON-Harrington-1-300x281.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Dick and Donna Otto, Edith Harrington, President Choi and Roger Marsh.\" class=\"wp-image-7572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/SON-Harrington-1-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/SON-Harrington-1-1024x958.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/SON-Harrington-1-768x718.jpg 768w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/SON-Harrington-1-1536x1436.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/SON-Harrington-1.jpg 1837w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Left to right) Dick and Donna Otto, Edith Harrington, President Choi and Roger Marsh.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Edith Harrington, BSN \u201946, recently spoke to more than 130 pre-nursing students in our Sinclair School of Nursing building. I had a chance to visit with her, and many others stayed afterwards to learn further details about her incredible life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1943 \u2013 while studying at Mizzou \u2013 Edith served in the <a href=\"https:\/\/showme.missouri.edu\/2022\/recalling-the-ww-ii-cadet-nurse-corps\/\">Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II<\/a>. She shared her experiences as a cadet nurse, nursing student and a practicing nurse in Missouri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Edith is part of the Greatest Generation and will turn 100 next April. She remains active in the community. Last year, Gov. Mike Parson selected her to serve as Missouri\u2019s 2021 Bicentennial Inaugural Parade grand marshal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/SON-Harrington-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/SON-Harrington-2-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Interim Dean Lori Popejoy and Sinclair School of Nursing students with Edith Harrington.\" class=\"wp-image-7565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/SON-Harrington-2-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/SON-Harrington-2-1024x630.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/SON-Harrington-2-768x473.jpg 768w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/SON-Harrington-2-1536x945.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/SON-Harrington-2-2048x1260.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Interim Dean Lori Popejoy (right) and students with Edith Harrington.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m thankful the next generation of Mizzou nurses could meet Edith and learn from her example of service. This Friday, we\u2019ll gather again to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nursing.missouri.edu\/2022\/09\/12\/open-house-events-mizzou-nursing-is-opening-new-doors\/\">dedicate our new Sinclair School of Nursing facility<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edith Harrington, BSN \u201946, recently spoke to more than 130 pre-nursing students in our Sinclair School of Nursing building. I had a chance to visit with her, and many others stayed afterwards to learn further details about her incredible life. 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