[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 152 (Tuesday, November 2, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2239]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                HONORING JAMESETTA A. HALLEY-BOYCE, PH.D

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 2, 1999

  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Dr. Jamesetta A. 
Halley-Boyce.
  Dr. Jamesetta A. Halley-Boyce, a native New Yorker received her Ph.D. 
in Health Care Services Administration from the Walden University of 
Indiana at Bloomington. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Nursing 
from Hunter College and her Master's from New York University. She 
holds a Certificate of Training from the Johnson and Johnson Fellows 
Program (Class of 1985) in Management for Executive Nurses, from the 
University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business.
  During her twenty-one year career with the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, she held increasingly more challenging assignments in nursing 
leadership positions as VA Medical Centers throughout the United 
States. Her last assignment was Chief of Nursing Service at the 
Brooklyn VAMC where her responsibilities included the delivery of 
nursing care at the Medical-Surgical Hospital on the Main Campus, the 
Ambulatory Care Clinic at Ryerson Street in Brooklyn and the St. Albans 
Extended Care Center in Queens, New York. Additionally, Dr. Halley-
Boyce has served as Chief of Nursing at the VAMCs in Asheville, North 
Carolina, Northport, Long Island, New York, and East Orange, New 
Jersey. In 1987, Dr. Halley-Boyce appeared before the Committee on 
Veterans Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, to give testimony as 
the Chief, Nursing Service member of a panel of VA field experts. The 
two-day hearings addressed the impact of the President's proposed 
fiscal year 1988 Veterans Administration Budget.
  Recognized as a leader in the profession of Nursing, Dr. Halley-Boyce 
has held elected offices in the New Jersey State Nurses' Association, 
the New York State Nurses' Association's Council on Human Rights and 
the Interprofessional Relations Committee of the Medical Society of the 
County of Kings, Inc. She is past President of the Greater New York/
Nassau/Suffolk Organization of Nurse Executives and is a previous Board 
Member of the New York State Organization of Nurse Executives. She is 
the only professional nurse on the Editorial Board of the Medical 
Herald, a National Urban Health Care Newspaper. Dr. Halley-Boyce is a 
recognized expert on quality management in the delivery of health care 
services and has lectured widely and published on this subject. She has 
held numerous faculty appointments; at the Seton Hall University, the 
University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Duke University, Thomas Edison 
State College, the State University Center at Stony Brook, and 
currently at the SUNY-Health Science Center at Brooklyn. In 1991, she 
founded the Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc. Mentor Program partnership with 
the SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn College of Nursing and 
University Hospital's Department of Nursing Services. As a result of 
that Membership Program, several hundred student nurses at UHB and most 
recently at New York City Technical College, have successfully made the 
transition into the profession of nursing.
  In October 1990, Dr. Halley-Boyce joined the State of New York Health 
Science Center at Brooklyn, Downstate Medical Center, as the Chief 
Nurse Executive Officer. She currently serves as the Interim Vice 
President for Hospital Affairs & Chief Executive Officer of University 
Hospital of Brooklyn. Dr. Halley-Boyce, a Diplomate of the American 
College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) was appointed a member of the 
Regent's Advisory council for the New York area in 1997. Dr. Halley-
Boyce is also an active member of several other professional 
organizations on the national, state and local levels, including the 
National Association of Health Services Executives, the American 
Organization of Nurse Executives, American Nurses' Association, Sigma 
Theta Tau, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and Chi Eta Phi Sorority.
  In addition to her distinguished professional career and active 
membership in several professional organizations, Dr. Halley-Boyce has 
also received several awards for achievement, leadership and 
outstanding community service. Awards such as: Federal Executive 
Manager of the Year 1990, awarded by the Greater New York Federal 
Executive Board; The Community Service Award for Outstanding 
Contribution and Dedication to the Brooklyn Community by the HSCB/UHB 
Community Advisory Board; and the Women of Distinction Award by the 
YMCA of Brooklyn.

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