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Sarah E. Beard
Sarah Elizabeth Beard (November 12, 1921 – January 11, 2012) was an American medical researcher, trained as a nurse. She retired in 1978 as a colonel in the United States Air Force. Early life and education Sarah Elizabeth Beard was born in Truxton, New York, and attended high school in Homer, New York. She trained as a teacher in the University at Albany, SUNY, state teacher's college in Albany, graduating in 1942, and then as a nurse at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brigham Hospital School of Nursing in Boston, graduating in 1947. She later earned a master's degree in nursing service administration at Syracuse University in 1961. Career Beard taught high school for two years in the 1940s, before training as a nurse. Her first nursing job was as a clinical instructor and nursing supervisor at Keuka College. She enlisted in the military in 1951, and worked at a Langley Air Force Base Hospital, as a flight nurse at Brookley Air Force Base, and as a flight nurse instruc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homer, New York
Homer is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in Cortland County, New York, Cortland County, New York (state), New York, United States of America. The population was 6,405 at the 2010 census. The name is from the Greek literature, Greek poet Homer. The town of Homer contains a Administrative divisions of New York#Village, village called Homer (village), New York, Homer. The town is situated on the west border of Cortland County, immediately north of the city of Cortland, New York, Cortland. History The region was part of the Central New York Military Tract, from which the cash-poor federal government granted land to soldiers of the American Revolution to pay them for their service. "Homer" was the name of one of the townships in the Military Tract, this name being assigned by a town clerk. The area was settled in 1791. The Town of Homer was established when Onondaga County, New York, Onondaga County was formed in 1794. Cortland County, New York, Cortland County wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |