Scholars


Jane E. Hawks 1992-1993 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Jane E. Hawks was awarded the Margaret Gould Tyson / NSF. read more.

Katharine Haxall 2012-2013 Winner | Master’s Degree
Katharine Haxall is using her Columbia University-Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association, Inc./Ada Mutch/NEF scholarship to pursue a BS/MS degree at Columbia University. Prior to pursuing the role of Pediatric Nurse Practitioner,... read more.

Marion Ruth Hazard 1963-1964 Winner | Master’s Degree
Marion Ruth Hazard was awarded the Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. Scholarship. read more.

Barbara Hazard Munro 1977-1978 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Barbara Hazard Munro was awarded the Isabel McIsaac/ American Journal of Nursing Scholarship. read more.

Anna R. Healy 1997-1998 Winner | Master’s Degree
Anna R. Healy attended Boston College. read more.

Maureen A. Healy 1973-1974 Winner | Unspecified Degree

Carol Sue Hedtcke 1964-1965 Winner | Baccalaureate Degreee
Carol Sue Hedtcke was awarded the Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. Scholarship. Degree: BA read more.

Amity Heinbuck 2012-2013 Winner | Master’s Degree
Amity Heinbuck, NEF awardee, started her nursing career in 2007 after working as a medical Laboratory Technician for 8 years. After receiving her Associate Degree of Nursing she worked as a labor and delivery nurse, a career she loves. She is continu... read more.

Katherine Heinze 2015-2016 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Winner of the Evelyn J. Barclay Scholarship, is a PhD candidate at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing in Baltimore, Maryland. Prior to beginning her doctoral studies, she earned a BSN from the University of Colorado and a graduate certifi... read more.

Anne Marie Hellner 1934-1935 Winner | Unspecified Degree
Anne Marie Hellner was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Ashley Helmbrecht 2017-2018 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Ashley Helmbrecht is the recipient of the Nurses Educational Funds Miriam M. Powell Scholarship which is dedicated to clinical nursing leadership and scholarship. Ashley completed her undergraduate degree from the University of Oklahoma Health Scienc... read more.

Marcus Henderson 2024-2025 Winner | Doctoral Degree
The recipient of the 2024-2025 NEF Madeline A. Naegle Scholarship for Mental Health Nursing is Marcus D. Henderson, MSN, RN, a PhD Candidate at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. His doctoral dissertation focuses on the critical role of parents in... read more.

Terri Hendler Lipman 1982-1983 Winner | Master’s Degree
Terri Hendler Lipman was awarded the Mead Johnson / NEF Scholarship. read more.

Ashley Henneghan 2013-2014 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Pursuing her doctoral degree at the University of Texas at Austin, Ashley Henneghan, winner of the Evelyn Barclay Scholarship, intends to become a nurse educator with a tenured position in the school of nursing to help educate more nurses to meet the... read more.

Ashley Henneghan 2014-2015 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Ashley Henneghan is celebrating her second NEF scholarship win with the award of the Margaret Gould Tyson Scholarship this year. Pursuing her doctoral degree at the University of Texas at Austin, Ashley intends to secure a nursing faculty position an... read more.

Ashley Henneghan 2015-2016 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Recipient of a NEF scholarship, is pursuing her doctoral degree at the University of Texas at Austin, and intends to secure a nursing education faculty position, conduct research to improve patient outcomes. Her nursing experience has focused on help... read more.

Carrie Henry 2020-2021 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Carrie Henry, MSN, CNM, is the recipient of the 2020-2021 Miriam M. Powell Scholarship. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2001 from the Capstone College of Nursing at The University of Alabama, and her MSN in Nurse-Midwifery in 2005 fr... read more.

Tristen Hensen 2012-2013 Winner | Master’s Degree
Tristen Hensen is using her NEF scholarship to pursue a Master’s in Nursing Administration and Management from Norwich University. During the past 3 years she has worked on an Orthopedic/Trauma/Plastics medical-surgical floor and for 2 of those years... read more.

Milenka Herc 1935-1936 Winner | Unspecified Degree
Milenka Herc was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Rita K. Heron 1998-1999 Winner | Master’s Degree
Rita K. Heron attended the University of Southern Maine/Portland. read more.

FEATURED SCHOLAR

Mary Ann McLaughlin

Mary Ann McLaughlin

(2015-2016 Winner)

Is a two-time NEF Scholarship winner and has been a nurse for over 24 years. Ms. McLaughlin completed her undergraduate (BSN) and graduate (MSN) studies at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing in 19... read more.

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