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PAST
RECIPIENTS OF THE
ELISSA MESSORI JACOBSEN SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Scholarship
Guidelines | Donate to Fund | Scholarship
Application Form
Photo by Jimmy J. Pack, Jr. |
Dr. and
Mrs. Divo Messori founded The Elissa Messori Jacobsen Nursing
Scholarship Fund in memory of their daughter Lisa, a nurse on
4 South from 1992 until 1999. Lisa died in 2001 after a battle
with breast cancer. “Doing this, helping others, means
something and helps to get through the loss,” said Dr.
Messori at the first Scholarship Awards Presentation on May
8, 2002. “It’s a measure of comfort. There is pleasure
in giving.”
Since the
first awards in 2002, 64 scholarships to 47 students enrolled
in nursing programs have been made for a total distribution
from the Fund of $146,407. The Messori family, their friends
and Chestnut Hill Hospital (CHH) physicians, nurses and employees
have contributed to the Fund, as well as patients and family
members touched by the skill and compassion of the Hospital’s
nursing staff. To make a contribution to The Messori Fund, or
to establish a donor-directed fund, contact Susan Hansen, Executive
Director and CEO, 215-438-8102.
ABOUT
DIVO MESSORI, M.D.
Divo Messori,
M.D., arrived at CHH in 1958 as a resident in medicine. He was
responsible for covering the new ICU—one of the first in
the country. “There was a young woman acting as head nurse.
I will always remember what an excellent nurse she was,”
Dr. Messori said at the first Awards Presentation. “Through
her, I realized the importance of nursing care and appreciated
the quality of nursing at this institution [CHH].” After
two years in the Army Medical Corps and another two years of
a gastroenterology fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University,
Dr. Messori became a staff physician at CHH.
When asked
to comment on the role of nurses in health care today, Dr. Messori
has said, “Nurses are under-appreciated and under-rewarded.
Hospitals are being asked to do more with less and less and
nurses bear the brunt. They deserve the greatest measure of
our support.”
To make
a contribution to the Elissa Messori Jacobsen Memorial Scholarship
Fund, or to set up a scholarship fund in honor or memory of
a loved one, please contact Susan Hansen at 215-248-4243.
2008 Nursing
Scholarships Awarded
Picture taken by Arthur Ryan
 (top
to bottom, left to right) Pictured are Chestnut Hill
Hospital nurses Joanne Markovitz, Barbara Daulerio, Mary
Ellen Bower, Natalie McGraw, Susan Esquirrel, Lisa Reiss,
Anna Grasela, Cecilia Ford, Bethanne Salomone, Susan Eberwine,
Melissa Leach, and Meredith Robison.
Green
Tree Community Health Foundation Executive Director Susan
Hansen; Board member and Scholarship Committee Chair,
Tine Hansen-Turton; and Dr. Divo Messori.
The
scholarships were presented in recognition of each nurse’s
commitment to academic achievement, professional advancement,
and patient care. The nurses are advancing their studies
at a variety of local colleges and universities.
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A
Dozen Nursing Students Receive Scholarships in 2007
Photo by Arthur Ryan
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Front
row (l to r): Natalie McGraw, RN, enrolled in a
BSN program at Immaculata College; Divo Messori, MD; Susan
Hansen, Foundation executive director and CEO.
Second row: Anna Grasela, RN, enrolled in an MSN program
at LaSalle; Cecelia Forde, RN, enrolled in a BSN program
at Immaculata; Tine Hansen-Turton, chair, scholarship committee.
Third row: Lindsay Novick, RN, enrolled in a BSN program
at Gwynedd Mercy College; Jennifer White, RN, enrolled in
a BSN program at Immaculata; Rose Mueller, RN, enrolled
in an MSN program at Drexel.
Back
row (l to r): JoAnne Jacquette, RN, enrolled in an MSN
program at Chestnut Hill College; Joanne Markowitz, RN,
enrolled in an MSN program at Gwynedd Mercy; Kathi Reilley,
enrolled in an associate of science degree program in nursing
at Harcum College; Katrina Hargrove, LPN, enrolled in an
associate degree program at Community College of Philadelphia;
Erika Keller, CNM, enrolled in an MSN program at Philadelphia
University.
Not pictured: Beth Dailey, RN, enrolled in a BSN
program at Temple University.
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The Friends
of the Foundation contributed $30,000 to the scholarship
fund in fiscal year 2006-2007
Photo
by Arthur Ryan |
Dr.
Divo Messori and Susan Hansen, Executive Director and
CEO, at the 2006 reception for Elissa Messori Jacobsen
Scholarship winners.
Photo
by Arthur Ryan |
From
left: Anna Grasela, scholarship winner; Beth
Dailey, scholarship winner; Dr. Divo Messori, father
of Elissa Messori Jacobsen and founder of the scholarship
fund; Susan Hansen, Executive Director and CEO;
Tine Hansen-Turton, Scholarship Committee chairman;
Katrina Hargrove, scholarship winner, and Gina Genesio,
scholarship winner.
Photo
by Arthur Ryan |
From
left: nurses Beth Dailey and Anna Grasela, both Elissa
Messori Jacobsen scholarship winners, join Beth Thorp;
a member of the Friends, Dr. Divo Messori; father
of Elissa Messori and founder of the scholarship fund;
Susan Hansen, Executive Director and CEO of the Foundation;
Tine Hansen-Turton, chairman of the scholarship committee;
Betsy Whiteside, Jean Alsentzer, Marjorie Pearson and Joyce
Shumaker, members of the Friends; and Gina Genesio
and Katrina Hargrove, also nurses and scholarship winners.
Photo by Jimmy J. Pack, Jr. |
2005:
Susan M. Hansen, Executive Director and CEO, Chestnut Hill
Health Care Foundation (left) and Dr. Divo Messori, Lower
Gwynedd, (right) congratulate Tracy May, a nurse in the
Labor and Delivery unit at Chestnut Hill Hospital on receiving
a scholarship from the Elissa Messori Jacobsen Memorial
Scholarship Fund. Tracy is in graduate school at Temple
University.
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