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Herb Caen – legendary and longtime columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle; Biba Caggiano – cookbook author, restaurateur; Raymond Carver – short–story writer, lived in Sacramento, set several works there; John D. Cox – author of general–audience books about weather, storms, meteorology; Pete Dexter (resident) [47] – novelist ...
Founding member of the National Male Nurse Association, which became the American Assembly for Men in Nursing. First male inducted into the ANA Hall of Fame. First male nursing school dean in US. [12] 1995 Rheba de Tornyay: Stanford University: University of Washington: Dean emeritus at University of Washington School of Nursing.
The school was commonly called Dixie Hospital, now known as the Sentara Hampton CarePlex, and its first graduate was Anna DeCosta Banks. Elnora D. Daniel, the first black nurse to serve as the president of a university [Chicago State University] was Dean of Hampton University School of Nursing in the 1980s. [34]
In 1858 Elias Samuel Cooper collaborated with the University of the Pacific, a Methodist college then located in Santa Clara, to establish a Medical Department for the university in San Francisco. [1] [2] [3] The department opened in 1859 at Mission and Third Streets in San Francisco and was the first medical school in the western United States ...
Dr. David G. Robinson (nicknames: "Doc"; "Yankee"), an American druggist by training, was an early theatrical pioneer in Northern California. [1] Along with others, he established the San Francisco-Sacramento-Placerville entertainment circuit of the day; [2] as well as some of San Francisco's first theaters.
He married his high school sweetheart Barbara and the two would move to Los Angeles in 1968. His wife landed a job for Capitol Records and Sullivan was able to release two albums: 1969’s UFO ...
He spent much of his career in the Sacramento area, and like Fonda, also taught at Sacramento City College. Thiebaud completed the mural, titled “Water City,” in 1959.
Otis Amey – wide receiver for San Francisco 49ers, Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Gladiators, Austin Wranglers, Sacramento Mountain Lions [82] McLeod Bethel-Thompson – quarterback for Minnesota Vikings [83] DaRon Bland – NFL cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys; named First-team All-Pro and Pro Bowler in 2023, also led NFL in interceptions in 2023