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College of Nursing Graduate Receives Distinguished Alumni Award

Gloria P. Metzger, a member of the first graduating class of the College of Nursing (1958), was one of six recipients of the UM St. Louis Distinguished Alumni Award at a gala dinner on September 19 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, St. Louis. Ms. Metzger began her career in 1958 as a staff nurse at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. She worked for the University of Missouri Medical Center in Columbia and for Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee.  For more than 20 years, the Missouri Hospital Association has employed Ms. Metzger, most recently as vice president of clinical and professional advocacy. In 1998, Governor Carnahan presented her with the Governor's award for Quality and Productivity for her efforts with the Community Outreach Initiative. In 1999, she attended the first White House Conference on Mental Health in Washington chaired by Tipper Gore, mental health policy advisor to President Clinton. Ms. Metzger lives in Jefferson City.