Evelyn Cathey Chance ’40
Evelyn Cathey Chance 鈥�40, May 21, 1999, in Portland. She graduated from Good Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing in 1920 and from Reed in 1940. She was a registered nurse and taught surgical nursing in Good Samaritan Hospital from 1940 to 1945. She supervised teachers of nurses鈥� aides for the Red Cross and served as a teaching supervisor for the Polio Foundation. She married Arthur W. Chance in 1945; he died in 1951. In 1954, she took a yearlong trip around the world. From 1957 to 1960, she was a teaching supervisor at St. Luke鈥檚 Hospital in New York City. After retiring in 1960, she returned to Portland. Survivors include two nieces and two nephews.
Appeared in Reed magazine: November 1999
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