Claire M Fagin, R.N., Ph.D., F.A.A.N.

Claire M. Fagin's career has blended an interest in consumer health with professional health and nursing issues, and she is known for her efforts to create a new paradigm for access and quality. Currently she is Director of the John A. Hartford Foundation National Program, "Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity." This program supports Centers of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, schools and institutions looking to enhance their geriatric expertise, and pre-doctoral and post-doctoral scholars...See more

Claire M. Fagin's career has blended an interest in consumer health with professional health and nursing issues, and she is known for her efforts to create a new paradigm for access and quality. Currently she is Director of the John A. Hartford Foundation National Program, "Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity." This program supports Centers of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, schools and institutions looking to enhance their geriatric expertise, and pre-doctoral and post-doctoral scholars. Serving as the Margaret Bond Simon Dean of the School of Nursing from January 1977 to January 1992, Dr. Fagin developed landmark education and research programs, a privately funded research center, and a PhD program. During her tenure she had the most faculty members of any nursing school in the American Academy of Nursing and the Institute of Medicine and was ranked #1 by US News and World Report. Dr. Fagin served as the Interim President of the University of Pennsylvania from July 1, 1993 to June 30, 1994. She was the first woman to serve as Chief Executive Officer of the University and the first woman to serve a term as Interim President of any Ivy League University. Presently, she is Leadership Professor Emerita and Dean Emerita at Penn. Dr. Fagin serves on 4 corporate boards and is a member of the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, the New York Academy of Medicine, and is a Fellow of the Institute of Medicine, the National Academy of Sciences, the Expert Panel on Nursing of the World Health Organization, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Fagin has received 13 honorary doctoral degrees and many alumni, civic and professional awards. Throughout her distinguished career, Dr. Fagin has received numerous honors, among them are the Honorary Recognition Award of the American Nurses Association, the Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Nurses Foundation, the Hildegard E. Peplau Award presented by the American Nurses Association, the Nightingale Lamp Award from the American Nurses Foundation, and the President's Medal from New York University. Dr. Fagin has published 15 books and monographs and more than 100 articles. Dr. Fagin was named a "Living Legend" by the American Academy of Nursing in 1998. In October, 2002, she was elected as an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing. See less