King, Imogene M.

Born January 20, 1923, West Point, Iowa; died December 24, 2007, South Pasadena, Florida. Nursing educator, theoretician. Dr. Imogene M. King received her nursing diploma from St. John's Hospital School of Nursing in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1945. She received a bachelor's degree from the St. Louis University School of Nursing in 1948, and a master's degree in 1957. In 1961, she earned a doctor of eduction degree from Columbia University Teachers College and began at Loyola University School of Nursing as an assistant professor. In 1968 she became director of the Ohio State University School of Nursing before returning to Loyola in 1972 as a full professor in the graduate nursing program. From 1980 to 1990 Dr. King taught at the University of South Florida College of Nursing. Dr. King was a distinguised educator, working extensively with Japanese nursing students, and a leading theoretician in the field of nursing, specificially in systems theory. Her works on the theory of nursing have been translated into several languages, including Spanish and Japanese.