Loretta “Lee” Ford

Last spring Loretta “Lee” Ford (Nurs’49, MS’51, EdD’61, HonDocSci’97) was inducted into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame for her work in the nursing profession. In 1965 Loretta began working with pediatrician Dr. Henry Silver at the CU Health Sciences Center to develop a pediatric nurse practitioner program, the first in the nation. Their program resulted in more than 140,000 nurse practitioners working in the U.S. today. Loretta resides with her husband in Wildwood, Fla. See the article, “Revolutionary nurse,” about her online in the September 2012 Coloradan.