Mary Teresa Noth, who served as dean of the School of Nursing at Saint Louis University from 1966 to 1982, died on December 14. She was 95 years old.
Dr. Noth earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry at St. Mary’s College in Indiana. After graduating from college, she taught high school science before making a career change into nursing. She earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the School of Nursing at Saint Louis University. Dr. Noth held a doctorate from Teachers College at Columbia University in New York.
After being named dean of the School of Nursing at Saint Louis University in 1966. Dr. Noth created the nation’s first accelerated nursing degree program which offered students with non-nursing bachelor’s degrees a fast-track to earn their nursing credentials. Today there are more than 300 accelerated nursing programs in the United States.