Nursing Leadership at OSU, 1914 – 2014*

1915-1917: Jessie F. M. Harrod, Superintendent
1917-1922: Gertrude A. Loessel, Principal
1922: Ida G. Webb, Superintendent
1923-1928: Lucy V. Ailer, Superintendent
1928-1929: Lucy V. Ailer, Principal
1929-1930: Margaret Reilly, Principal
1930-1931: Margaret G. Napier, Principal
1931-1933: Alpha Louis Johnson, Director
1933-1938: Ruth Perkins Kuehn, Director
1938-1941: Priscilla Hall, Director
1941-1951: Frances M. McKenna, Director
1951-1968: Mildred E. Newton, Director
1968-1972: Imogene M. King, Director
1972-1973: Lorane C. Kruse, Acting Director
1973-1983: Edna L. Fritz, Director
1983-1984: Kathryn T. Schoen, Acting Dean
1984-1986: Grayce M. Sills, Acting Dean
1986-2001: Carole A. Anderson, Dean
2001-2011: Elizabeth R. Lenz, Dean
2011-: Bernadette M. Melnyk, Dean

*Please note that this is the most accurate listing that could be found piecing together multiple sources, but the leaders and their titles prior to 1931 may not be 100 percent accurate. If you have any source information to share about the leadership between 1914 and 1931, please contact us.