Name/Title
Claire M. Fagin (1926-2024)Entry/Object ID
2007.0002.0001Description
The subject of this portrait is Claire Fagin (1926-2024), PhD, RN, FAAN, who served as Interim President of Penn from 1993-1994, one of the first women ever to lead an Ivy League university. As Dean of the School of Nursing from 1977-1992, she was a pioneer of psychiatric and family-centered nursing, especially for children and teenagers, advocating for the essential role of nurses in the patient experience, establishing the first center for nursing research in the United States, and developing the first nursing doctorate in the Ivy League.Type of Painting
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57-1/2 inWidth
41-1/4 inDimension Description
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47-1/2 inDepth
31-1/2 in