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Betty Watts Carrington, CNM, EdD, FACNM recipient of the Hattie Hemschemeyer award for 2001
HATTIE HEMSCHEMEYER AWARD RECIPIENTS In 1977, the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) established the Hattie Hemschemeyer Award to acknowledge those individuals who have made outstanding contributions to midwifery and women’s health care. Since then, 25 certified nurse-midwives have received this highest honor to be bestowed by the ACNM. A complete roster of Hattie Hemschemeyer Award recipients follows: Rose McNaught Ernestine Wiedenbach Agnes Reinders Sandra J. Dietrich Helen Varney Burst Ruth Watson Lubic Carmelo Cavero Lucille Woodville Dorothea Lang Joyce E. Thompson Eunice K.M. Ernst Bonnie Pedersen Sr. Angela Murdaugh Marian Strachan Armentia T. Jarrett M. Elizabeth Hosford Sr. Catherine R. Shean & Mary Shean Lisa Paine Joyce Cameron Foster Mary Ann Shah Judith Pence Rooks Elizabeth S. Sharp Judith T. Fullerton
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Betty Watts Carrington Hattie Hemschemeyer Award Recipient—2001
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BETTY WATTS CARRINGTON, CNM, EdD, FACNM RECIPIENT of the HATTIE HEMSCHEMEYER AWARD FOR 2001 On June 2, 2001, at the 46th Annual Meeting of the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM), Betty Watts Carrington received the prestigious Hattie Hemschemeyer Award, the highest honor bestowed by the ACNM, in recognition of her many accomplishments and three decades of service. Dr. Carrington received a BSN, Summa Cum Laude, from the University of Michigan School of Nursing in 1958. In 1971, she earned a master of science degree in maternity nursing and nurse-midwifery from Columbia University, School of Nursing in New York. She completed the doctorate in educational administration at Teachers College, Columbia University in 1986. Dr. Carrington’s career has included many contributions to midwifery and maternal child health in practice, education, and research in addition to 30 years of continuous service to the ACNM. Prior to becoming a nurse-midwife, she worked as a public health nurse in New York City. Following her graduation from Columbia University, she worked as a staff nurse-midwife at the Maternity-Infant Care Project for 1 year before becoming the director of that practice for the next 7 years. Later in her career, she worked on a mobile health van in NYC helping to deliver health care to hard-to-reach individuals. Former students and colleagues describe her as a role model, mentor, and a clinician they hope to emulate. In 1979, Dr. Carrington joined the faculty of the State University of New York, Brooklyn and was acting education director from 1984 –1986. She then joined the faculty at Columbia University, School of Nursing as the nurse-midwifery program director from 1986 –1991. During her years at Columbia, she successfully secured federal funding to expand the nurse-midwifery program and led the program through a successful accreditation process. While participating in both midwifery clinical practice and education, she demonstrated excellence in research and scholarly activities. She has given numerous presentations and has authored publications on issues such as graduate midwifery preparation, substance use in pregnancy, AIDS in the African American community, childbirth education for adolescents and substance-using women, estimating fetal weight during labor, and collective bargaining. She has also been sought out as a consultant by many nurse-midwifery programs in their efforts to address minority recruitment and retention. Dr. Carrington has a long history of service to the ACNM. She became active soon after graduating as a new CNM by serving on the U.S. hostess committee for the 16th Congress of the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) held in Washington, DC in October 1972. Soon thereafter, she served as ACNM Vice President from 1973–1974 and the first Region II Representative from 1974 –1976. She was an ACNM representative to the Interprofessional Affairs Committee and made significant contributions to the development of the document “Family-Centered Maternity/Newborn Care in Hospitals,” a publication jointly developed by ACNM, ACOG, ANA, AAP and NAACOG (now AWHONN) and distributed to the members of each organization. In 1979, Dr. Carrington represented ACNM in UNICEF International Year of the Child activities, and from 1985–1993 she was the ACNM representative of the ICM to the United Nations. Dr. Carrington was elected to ACNM Fellowship in 1994, its inaugural year. A founding member of the Ad Hoc Committee of Minority Affairs, now the Midwives of Color Committee (a standing ACNM committee), she continues as a member of this important committee. She is among a very select few to have served on each of three ACNM Divisions: the Division of Research, Division of Publications, and the Division of Accreditation. As a member of the Division of Accreditation (DOA), she has been a site visitor (1983–1991 and 1996 –1999), a member and then Chair of the Board of Review (1992–1995), and she is currently Chair of the DOA. Winners of the Hattie Hemschemeyer Award must have “continuous outstanding contributions” to midwifery or MCH or “contributions of historical significance.” It is clear that Dr. Carrington has done both. Colleagues who nominated her emphasized her “quiet and unassuming demeanor, her grace, and her dignity,” and described her as “one of ACNMs most visionary and respected leaders.” She is certainly “one of the pioneers of modern nurse-midwifery in the U.S.” and it is fitting that Dr. Betty Watts Carrington is honored as the 2001 Hattie Hemschemeyer Awardee.
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Betty Watts Carrington Hattie Hemschemeyer Award Recipient—2001
Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health • Vol. 46, No. 5, September/October, 2001 © 2001 by the American College of Nurse-Midwives Issued by Elsevier Science Inc.
327 1526-9523/01/$20.00 • PII S1526-9523(01)00157-X
BETTY WATTS CARRINGTON, CNM, EdD, FACNM RECIPIENT of the HATTIE HEMSCHEMEYER AWARD FOR 2001 On June 2, 2001, at the 46th Annual Meeting of the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM), Betty Watts Carrington received the prestigious Hattie Hemschemeyer Award, the highest honor bestowed by the ACNM, in recognition of her many accomplishments and three decades of service. Dr. Carrington received a BSN, Summa Cum Laude, from the University of Michigan School of Nursing in 1958. In 1971, she earned a master of science degree in maternity nursing and nurse-midwifery from Columbia University, School of Nursing in New York. She completed the doctorate in educational administration at Teachers College, Columbia University in 1986. Dr. Carrington’s career has included many contributions to midwifery and maternal child health in practice, education, and research in addition to 30 years of continuous service to the ACNM. Prior to becoming a nurse-midwife, she worked as a public health nurse in New York City. Following her graduation from Columbia University, she worked as a staff nurse-midwife at the Maternity-Infant Care Project for 1 year before becoming the director of that practice for the next 7 years. Later in her career, she worked on a mobile health van in NYC helping to deliver health care to hard-to-reach individuals. Former students and colleagues describe her as a role model, mentor, and a clinician they hope to emulate. In 1979, Dr. Carrington joined the faculty of the State University of New York, Brooklyn and was acting education director from 1984 –1986. She then joined the faculty at Columbia University, School of Nursing as the nurse-midwifery program director from 1986 –1991. During her years at Columbia, she successfully secured federal funding to expand the nurse-midwifery program and led the program through a successful accreditation process. While participating in both midwifery clinical practice and education, she demonstrated excellence in research and scholarly activities. She has given numerous presentations and has authored publications on issues such as graduate midwifery preparation, substance use in pregnancy, AIDS in the African American community, childbirth education for adolescents and substance-using women, estimating fetal weight during labor, and collective bargaining. She has also been sought out as a consultant by many nurse-midwifery programs in their efforts to address minority recruitment and retention. Dr. Carrington has a long history of service to the ACNM. She became active soon after graduating as a new CNM by serving on the U.S. hostess committee for the 16th Congress of the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) held in Washington, DC in October 1972. Soon thereafter, she served as ACNM Vice President from 1973–1974 and the first Region II Representative from 1974 –1976. She was an ACNM representative to the Interprofessional Affairs Committee and made significant contributions to the development of the document “Family-Centered Maternity/Newborn Care in Hospitals,” a publication jointly developed by ACNM, ACOG, ANA, AAP and NAACOG (now AWHONN) and distributed to the members of each organization. In 1979, Dr. Carrington represented ACNM in UNICEF International Year of the Child activities, and from 1985–1993 she was the ACNM representative of the ICM to the United Nations. Dr. Carrington was elected to ACNM Fellowship in 1994, its inaugural year. A founding member of the Ad Hoc Committee of Minority Affairs, now the Midwives of Color Committee (a standing ACNM committee), she continues as a member of this important committee. She is among a very select few to have served on each of three ACNM Divisions: the Division of Research, Division of Publications, and the Division of Accreditation. As a member of the Division of Accreditation (DOA), she has been a site visitor (1983–1991 and 1996 –1999), a member and then Chair of the Board of Review (1992–1995), and she is currently Chair of the DOA. Winners of the Hattie Hemschemeyer Award must have “continuous outstanding contributions” to midwifery or MCH or “contributions of historical significance.” It is clear that Dr. Carrington has done both. Colleagues who nominated her emphasized her “quiet and unassuming demeanor, her grace, and her dignity,” and described her as “one of ACNMs most visionary and respected leaders.” She is certainly “one of the pioneers of modern nurse-midwifery in the U.S.” and it is fitting that Dr. Betty Watts Carrington is honored as the 2001 Hattie Hemschemeyer Awardee.
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