The Della H. Raney Nursing Scholarship
LOS ANGELES, CA (RPRN) 01/20/12 — The Tuskegee Airmen Scholarship
Foundation (TASF) and the National Black Nurses Association (NBNA)
announced the establishment of the Della H. Raney Nursing Scholarship,
named after the first chief nurse assigned to the Tuskegee Army Air
Field.
The $2,000 scholarship is targeted to nursing students enrolled in at
least the sophomore year at an accredited BSN degree program. Each
applicant must submit an application, official transcript, two page
statement about their nursing career/journey, resume, and two letters of
references. The annual scholarship deadline is April 15.
“We are delighted to partner with the National Black Nurses Association
to provide scholarships to worthy nursing students in pursuit of their
nursing career. This scholarship acknowledges the role that women played
in the success of the Tuskegee Airmen Experience”, said Jerry Hodges,
President of TASF and a Documented Original Tuskegee Airmen.
“NBNA is excited to expand its collaborative partnership with the
Tuskegee Airmen Scholarship Foundation. We share the same goal to help
our Nation prepare professional, licensed nurses. NBNA offers
scholarships to student nurses at all levels. The scholarships are based
on merit and financial need”, stated Dr. Deidre Walton, President of the
National Black Nurses Association. “It is a special privilege to join
with TASF in honoring a military nurse. NBNA has military nurse members
who contribute not only service to our country but provide valuable
leadership to our organization”.
About Della H. Raney
Della Raney was born in Suffolk, Virginia on January 10, 1912. She was
the first African American nurse commissioned as a Lieutenant in the
United States Army Nurse Corps (ANC) during World War II.
To join the Army Nursing Corps and receive an officer’s commission, a
woman had to be a registered professional nurse and a member of the
American Red Cross. She was a graduate of the Lincoln Hospital School
of Nursing in Durham, North Carolina – the first nursing program
established for African American nursing students in the United States.
Prior to joining the military, Raney was an operation room supervisor at
the Lincoln Hospital in Durham, North Carolina. Raney’s first
assignment was at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. She was promoted to chief
nurse at Fort Bragg in 1942. Raney then transferred to Tuskegee Army
Air Field and became the first chief nurse at Tuskegee. She later
became chief nurse at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Raney was promoted to
captain in 1945 and to major in 1946. She retired in 1978.
About the National Black Nurses Association (NBNA)
The National Black Nurses Association (NBNA) was organized in 1971 under
the leadership of Dr. Lauranne Sams, former Dean and Professor of
Nursing, School of Nursing, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama.
NBNA is a non-profit organization incorporated on September 2, 1972 in
the state of Ohio. NBNA represents 150,000 African American registered
nurses, licensed vocational/practical nurses, nursing students and
retired nurses from the USA, Eastern Caribbean and Africa, with 82
chartered chapters, in 40 states. For more information about NBNA,
please visit
www.nbna.org.
About TASF
TASF is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. The Board of Directors is
comprised of Documented Original Tuskegee Airmen (DOTAs) and corporate
and community leaders committed to providing leadership by ensuring that
funds are available to assist financially disadvantaged and deserving
students in the pursuit of their education. For more information, please
visit
www.taisf.org.
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