Dates

• Existence: 1910-

Biography

Marjorie Elizabeth Lyford, a nurse and nursing professor, was born November 28, 1910, one of three children of Fred Ray and Addie Crowe Lyford. Lyford grew up in northeast Iowa and had nursing preparation in Cedar Falls for a short time before entering Kahler Hospital School of Nursing, in Rochester, Minnesota, to fulfill the requirements for taking the state nursing board examination to become a registered nurse. As a nurse, Lyford worked in the area of public health. She was a school nurse, then later a staff nurse at the Minneapolis Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) and staff nurse and supervisor of the VNA in New Haven, Connecticut. Following this, Lyford became the maternal and child health nursing consultant for the State Health Departments in both San Francisco and Des Moines. Lyford received her B.S.N. in public health from the University of Minnesota in 1939 and her masters degree in public health nursing from the University of Michigan in 1951.

Lyford began her teaching career at the University of Iowa College of Nursing in 1953. During her tenure, Lyford was involved in changes to the curriculum for public and community health courses. In 1965, when telecourses were a new type of instruction, Lyford directed a project that produced videotaped lectures in public health science. Two of Lyford's notable accomplishments were serving as the acting dean of the College of Nursing in 1964 and being the first woman to serve on the University of Iowa's Board in Control of Athletics from 1970 to 1976. Marjorie Lyford retired from teaching in the spring of 1976. Since retirement Lyford has continued her hobby of bird watching and interest in children.

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