Anna May Vaughan Center for Nursing Education

At the founders event on Oct. 9, Kettering College President Dr. Charles Scriven announced the naming of the Anna May Vaughan Center for Nursing Education on the lower level of Polen Plaza.

Vaughan, a pioneer in international nursing mission service in Africa and the Far East, was one of the founders of Kettering College. She was also the first director of an academic nursing degree in the greater Dayton area and was instrumental in developing the curriculum that led to the creation of Kettering College of Medical Arts.

Bearing her name, the center is a monument to Vaughan’s spirit and leadership. Her legacy includes the founding of the two-year academic nursing degree and providing professional structure for other allied health careers. She demanded no more from her students than she did from herself, which was reflected in the quality of the graduates, setting the example for generations to come. The state-of-the-art Anna May Vaughan Center for Nursing Education will perpetuate this tradition well into the future.