Barbara C. French School Health Advocacy AwardAward Criteria
The first annual Barbara French School Health Advocacy Award was presented to its' namesake Barbara French on 10/21/2016. Barbara is a former school nurse and took her knowledge of school nursing to her legislative practice as a NH State Representative. French represented Merrimack 6 from 1992 to 1994; 1996 to 2010 and again from 2012 to 2016 when she retired at the age of 90. Born on July 1, 1926, French earned her first degree from “the University of New Hampshire; B.S.N. from Cornell University, New York Hospital School of Nursing and M.Ed. from Mount Saint Mary College. Her professional experience includes working as a school nurse in Concord; clinical nurse at Cornell University – New York Hospital; head nurse instructor at New Hampshire State Hospital; child welfare social worker at the State of New Hampshire Department of Welfare and drug education consultant at the New Hampshire Department of Education.” |