Contact: Carol Feuss
Labor Communications Specialist
Michigan Nurses Association
517/349-5640, ext. 21 or (cell) 517/230-4086
carol.feuss@minurses.org
November 3, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TWO INDUCTED INTO MICHIGAN NURSES HALL OF
FAME
OKEMOS, MI – Two Michigan registered nurses
have been inducted into the Michigan Nurses Association
(MNA) Hall of Fame. The Michigan Nurses Hall of
Fame has been established to recognize nurses, both
living and deceased, who have made a lasting contribution
to patient care and the nursing profession in Michigan.
Individuals, as well as organizations and entities
that have contributed and supported nursing in Michigan
may also be recognized with an award. The inductees
were announced on October 4, 2005 at the MNA Awards
and Recognition Dinner in Ypsilanti, MI.
Crystal M. Lange, RN, MSN, PhD (1927-1999) was
inducted into the MNA Hall of Fame Historical Category.
In 1976, Lange founded the School of Nursing and
Allied Health at Saginaw Valley State University
and served as dean of the school for 20 years. In
1999, the program was re-named the Crystal M. Lange
College of Nursing and Health Sciences. Lange authored
the book Journey of a Nursing Pioneer: How I Grew
Up with Pickles and served on numerous state and
national boards and committees. She was a visionary
in applying film and multi-sensory interventions
to nursing education and took her findings, through
the World Health Organization, to Tehran, Shiraz
and Malaysia, as well as developing exchange programs
for students and faculty with China and Australia.
Margaret Flatt, RN, PhD, of Midland was inducted
into the MNA Hall of Fame Contemporary Category.
Flatt, a Professor and MSN Program Coordinator,
is the Assistant Dean of the Crystal M. Lange College
of Nursing and Health Sciences at Saginaw Valley
State University. Dr. Flatt has held leadership
positions in both the Michigan Nurses Association
and the American Nurses Association, and is a member
of Sigma Theta Tau, the International Honors Society
for Nurses. She directs research with graduate students
on how chronic disease affects families and volunteers
as the coordinator of the Parish Nursing Program
at Trinity Lutheran Church in Midland, MI. Flatt
was a member of the Army Nurse Corps during Vietnam
and holds several awards from that service. She
is passionate in sharing her political and professional
activism with her students.
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The Michigan Nurses
Association, nurses’ voice for 100 years,
is the largest nurses’ union in the State
of Michigan. The Michigan Nurses Association (MNA)
promotes the economic and general welfare of nurses
in the workplace, fosters high standards of nursing
practice, and lobbies the legislature and regulatory
agencies on health care issues affecting nurses
and recipients of nursing services. MNA is a constituent
member of the American Nurses Association and
the United American Nurses, as well as an affiliate
of the AFL-CIO.
