2003 News
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17 JULY 2003
Gloria R. Smith will be the recipient of the 2003 CGFNS International Distinguished Leadership Award
The Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) is pleased to announce this year’s recipient of the CGFNS International Distinguished Leadership Award: Gloria R. Smith, PhD, RN, FAAN.
Dr Smith represents the spirit of the CGFNS award, which recognizes and honors outstanding international, professional and personal achievement in the health care community. Events surrounding the award consist of a sponsored symposium in the leadership area of the recipient and a reception and tribute dinner following the symposium where Dr Smith will be presented with a commemorative plaque for her dedication to the international health care community.
Dr Smith is recognized nationally and internationally for her contributions to nursing, health care education, and public health initiatives. Before retiring in January 2002, Dr Smith was the vice president for programs at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, Michigan. During her employment at the Foundation, Dr Smith was responsible for program development and administration as well as program/project evaluation and dissemination. She also provided leadership for the Foundation’s health programs to ensure the success of team efforts in this specific area of programming.
In recognition of her professional achievements and commitment to improving health, Dr Smith was one of 60 new members elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences in 1997.
An accomplished professor of nursing, health care, and public health for 28 years, the pinnacle of Dr Smith’s career as an educator was her tenure as the Dean of the College of Nursing at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. Previously, she was director of the Michigan Department of Public Health, Lansing, a member of the faculties of Tuskegee University in Alabama, and Albany State College in Georgia, and Dean of the College of Nursing at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City.
Dr Smith has also published numerous articles and participated in several research studies involving nursing, public health education, and cultural diversity.
Dr Smith will be presented with the CGFNS International Distinguished Leadership Award on 3 December 2003 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
