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Alumni Association Alumnus Award Winners
 2006
Distinguished Alumnus Award
for outstanding contributions to nursing and society
Ann A. Moore, BSN ‘56
Ann graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a BSN in 1956
and went on to teach pediatric nursing at Columbia-Presbyterian Babies
and Children’s Hospital in New York City. She participated
in two international work camps in those years–one in Morocco
and one in Germany. The Peace Corps led her to Togo, French West
Africa where she worked as a pediatric nurse on a Peace Corps medical
team. The medical team noticed great tranquility and curiosity even
in the sick babies which they thought was due to the mothers carrying
their babies on their back. Upon returning to the United States,
she and her mother invented the Snugli baby carrier to emulate with
her first child the parenting she had observed with African mothers. “I
was intrigued at the result of the emotional well-being of those
babies. I didn’t invent the idea. I took an age-old idea that’s
been going on all over the world for thousands of years and just
adapted it to our western culture.” When Ann’s children
had children, they wanted to “start again.” They designed
a new carrier called “Weego.” The name came from what
Ann says “Where I go, we go.” Ann is quoted as saying “Anything
we can do to get parents and babies closer together, to realize that
love–I’m sure that means a more loving world, and I think
that’s what really excites me.”
Criteria for the Laura Rosnagle Alumnus Service
Award
- Graduate of the University of Cincinnati College
of Nursing
- Has displayed unusual devotion and effort on
behalf of the College of Nursing and its alumni organization
 Roberta
J. Lee, BSN ’60, MSN ‘74
Roberta, or Robin to many of us, is known for her pioneering efforts
and impressive track record of cross cultural nursing both locally
and worldwide. After receiving a Masters degree in Public Health from
the University of California, Berkley, in 1983, she served as a Project
Hope Nurse Educator in Belize and Grenada, as nursing faculty at the
Aga Khan University in Pakistan and as a Public Health Specialist in
Nigeria and Ethiopia. In 1997, Robin joined the College of Nursing,
sharing her cross cultural and community nursing knowledge and experience.
She has stimulated student and faculty interest in cross cultural nursing
by involving the College in the Gambia project. In addition to working
with our international students by making them feel welcome and recognizing
their needs, she has helped our U.S. students increase their understanding
of the needs of people around the world. Among Robin’s recent
accomplishments at the College has been the establishment, in 2000,
of a successful Appalachian grass-roots schoolbased Wellness Center
at the East End Community Heritage School. This program serves as a
clinical site for 20-30 nursing undergraduates each year. Other schoolbased
clinics she has opened are located at the Cincinnati College Preparatory
Academy and the Harmony Community School. It is no wonder that students,
faculty and the community feel enriched by knowing Roberta (Robin)
Lee.
Criteria for the Distinguished Alumnus Award
- Graduate of the University of Cincinnati College
of Nursing
- Has made a significant contribution to the nursing
profession through clinical practice, teaching, administration, education,
research, writing, organizational work involving health care or an
innovation in health care
OR
- Has contributed significantly to the growth
and development of the community
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