ROSEMARY CRISP ELECTED TO NURSING HONOR SOCIETY

Rosemary Crisp, a Marion, Ill., resident for whom Southeast Missouri State University's hall of nursing is named, has been elected to honorary membership in Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.

Crisp, who is a member of the board of governors for the National League for Nursing's Community Health Accreditation Program, will be inducted in the honor society during the 31st biennial convention of Sigma Theta Tau International Nov. 14 in Tampa, Fla.

Sigma Theta Tau was founded in 1922 and became an international organization in 1985. With more than 140,000 members, the society is among the largest and most prestigious nursing organizations in the world.

She was nominated for the honor by the Lambda Theta Chapter, a local Sigma Theta Tau chapter of students, faculty and community leaders based at Southeast Missouri State University.

The honorary memberships are awarded to people ineligible for standard membership, but who have earned national and international recognition in nursing or in a field contributing to nursing.

Crisp and her husband, Harry Crisp II, gave a major financial gift to Southeast in 1988 to create nursing offices and laboratories in the Rosemary Berkel Crisp Hall of Nursing.

She is an honorary inductee to the university's Nursing Honor Society and is a past chairperson of the Copper Dome Society.

A 1958 graduate of St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing in Evansville, Ind., Crisp has received the National League for Nursing's Anna M. Fillmore Award for outstanding contributions in developing and administering community health services.

A registered nurse, Crisp is co-chairperson of the Southern Illinois Women's Health Conference and has been a major contributor to civic and community service projects.