[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 58 (Wednesday, May 7, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E860]
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               BUFFALO GENERAL HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING

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                          HON. JOHN J. LaFALCE

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Wednesday, May 7, 1997

  Mr. LaFALCE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to call to the attention of my 
colleagues that today, May 7, 1997, the Alumni Association of the 
Buffalo General Hospital School of Nursing, in Buffalo, NY, is 
dedicating a permanent exhibit honoring the hospital's School of 
Nursing.
  Buffalo General's School of Nursing was founded April 5, 1877 as the 
Training School for Nurses. It was the first such school west of New 
York City and is the second oldest hospital school of nursing in the 
United States. The school's nurse graduates have served our Nation in 
five wars: Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, Korean war, 
and Vietnam war.
  Among the school's many notable graduates was Lystra Gretter, class 
of 1888. She is best remembered for chairing the committee that wrote 
the Nightingale Pledge--later adopted as the official pledge of 
graduate nurses from accredited schools throughout the United States.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that you and my colleagues join me in honoring the 
Buffalo General Hospital School of Nursing for its 120 years of 
training nurses to care for our citizens.

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