1936
Born to Herbert Graham Chalk and Julia Rosemead Donaldson Chalk in Watertown, NY.
1957
Earns a diploma in nursing from the House of Good Samaritan Hospital in Watertown, NY.
1957
Works as a staff nurse in the operating room at House of Good Samaritan Hospital.
1957
Earns the Dr. Walter Atkinson Star Medal Award.
1959
Works as a head nurse within the neurosurgery operating room at the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville, VA.
1975
Works as a clinical coordinator of the neurosurgery operating room at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Virginia.
1980
Is involved within clinical and surgical core curriculum communications within the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses.
1981
Is the president-elect of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses.
1981
Serves as the publicity chairman for the Southeastern Virginia Chapter of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses.
1984
Serves as the vice president of the Tidewater Chapter of Virginia AURN through 1985.
1979
Serves as the president of the Southeastern Virginia Chapter of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses.
2000
Retires as a surgical nurse from Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.
2000
Serves as a volunteer for Heart Hospital within Sentara Norfolk General Hospital and Parkinson Support Group.
2001
Earns a Certificate of Merit from the Parkinson Disease Association, in Virginia.
2003
Serves on the board of directors of the Tidewater Chapter of the Parkinson Disease Association in Virginia Beach, VA.
2006
Is listed in Who’s Who of American Women through 2009.
2017
Receives the Marquis Who’s Who Lifetime Achievement Award.
2019
Receives the Distinguished Humanitarian Award from Marquis Who’s Who.