Mount talk to reveal history of 1960s nursing school for men

Posted 3/20/19

Susan LaRocco, Dean of the School of Nursing at Mount Saint Mary College, will present “Histories of the Men Who Graduated from the Alexian Brothers Hospital School of Nursing” on …

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Mount talk to reveal history of 1960s nursing school for men

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Susan LaRocco, Dean of the School of Nursing at Mount Saint Mary College, will present “Histories of the Men Who Graduated from the Alexian Brothers Hospital School of Nursing” on Thursday, March 28 at 4 p.m.

The talk, part of the college’s Investigating Research on Campus (iROC) series, will take place in Room 218 of the Kaplan Family Library and Learning Center in the Dominican Center at the Mount, 330 Powell Ave., Newburgh. It’s free and open to the public.

According to LaRocco, during the 1950s and 1960s, many nursing schools did not admit men. The Alexian Brothers Hospital School of Nursing in Chicago was one of the few male nursing schools in the United States, and when it closed in 1969, it was the last of its kind. Those who graduated from the Alexian Brothers School had a unique educational experience, with much of their clinical time spent in the all-male hospital.

Her upcoming talk will draw on this research to present the history of the defunct nursing school and its impact on those who used to attend.

Aspects of this research have been presented at national and international conferences.