Cecilia H. Hauge

Cecilia H. Hauge
Cecilia H. Hauge, from a 1962 publication
Born	Cecilia Hedvig Hauge May 18, 1905 Clarkfield, Minnesota, U.S.
Died	May 5, 1990 (age 94) Edina, Minnesota, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Nurse, federal official
Known for	Director, Veterans Administration Nursing Service (1954–1966)
Honours	Florence Nightingale Medal (1961) Bronze Star Medal (1946)

Cecilia Hedvig Hauge (May 18, 1905 – May 5, 1990) was an American nurse. She was director of the Veterans Administration Nursing Service. The International Committee of the Red Cross awarded Hauge the Florence Nightingale Medal in 1961.

Early life and education

Hauge was born in Clarkfield, Minnesota, the daughter of Malvin M. Hauge and Anna Kristine Sjelderup Hauge. Both of her parents were born in Norway. Her father and two of her brothers were doctors.[1] She graduated from the University of Minnesota nursing school in 1929.[2]

Career

Hauge was chief nurse of Base Hospital No. 26 in France during World War II, and held the rank of lieutenant colonel when she was discharged from military service.[3] She was a professor of nursing and superintendent of nurses at the University of Minnesota Hospitals in the late 1940s, and chief nurse of the Veterans Administration Research Hospital in Chicago in the early 1950s. She succeeded Dorothy V. Wheeler[4] as director of the Veterans Administration Nursing Service from 1954 to 1966.[5] In this work, she toured VA hospitals throughout the United States and worked for recruitment campaigns to increase the ranks of nurses in VA hospitals.[6][7][8]

Hauge received a Bronze Star in 1946, for her service during World War II.[9] The International Committee of the Red Cross awarded Hauge the Florence Nightingale Medal in 1961.[10][11]

Publications

• "Organization and the Management of Mass Casualties— The Role of Nurses" (1956)[12]

Personal life

Hauge died in 1990, at the age of 94, at her home in Edina, Minnesota.[2]

References

1. "Hauge". Star Tribune. 1962-02-16. p. 24. Retrieved 2024-04-07 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Cecilia Hauge, military nurse, federal official". Star Tribune. 1990-05-14. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-04-07 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Lehmberg, Stanford E. (2001-01-01). The University of Minnesota, 1945-2000. U of Minnesota Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-8166-3255-8.
4. "Miss Cecilia Hauge Heads V.A. Nurses". Omaha World-Herald. 1954-10-02. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-04-07 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Minnesotan New VA Nurse Chief". The Minneapolis Star. 1954-10-15. p. 25. Retrieved 2024-04-07 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "National Nurse Leader Visits Hospital Here". St. Cloud Times. 1960-02-09. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-04-07 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Cecilia H. Hauge, Director of VA Nursing Service Will Visit Fort Harrison Monday". The Independent-Record. 1956-06-17. p. 8. Retrieved 2024-04-07 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Miss Cecilia H. Hauge". Daily American Republic. 1958-01-24. p. 5. Retrieved 2024-04-07 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Bronze Star Award Given Miss Hauge" The Minnesota Daily (April 13, 1946): 3.
10. "Eighteenth Award of the Florence Nightingale Medal" (May 12, 1961): 79-83.
11. "Honored for Professional Achievement" Civil Service Journal 3(July September 1962): 16.
12. Hauge, Cecilia H. (1956-04-01). "Organization and the Management of Mass Casualties— The Role of Nurses". Military Medicine. 118 (4): 390–392. doi:10.1093/milmed/118.4.390. ISSN 0026-4075.