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NANCY JEANETTE DAVIS On November 20, 2010, Nancy Jeanette
Davis died in her sleep at the Wilson Health Care Center in Gaithersburg, Md.
after a lengthy stay at Johns Hopkins for complications related to rheumatoid
arthritis. She was pronounced dead at Shady Grove Hospital. She was 67 years
old and a resident of 10401 Grosvenor Place.
Ms. Davis was born in
Red Bank, Tennessee on March 23, 1943, the only child of Charles K. Davis and
Huretta C. Joines Davis, now deceased. She graduated from Red Bank High School
in 1961 and held a BA in English from the University of Tennessee - 1965, an MA
from the Bread Loaf School of English of Middlebury College - 1969, and an Ed.D from Harvard University - 1980.
Licensed as a clinical
psychologist, she worked as a psychotherapist at Charles River Hospital in
Wellesley, Mass. during the 1980s and early 90s where she was director of
internship training and the substance abuse program. In 1989 she
co-authored with John P. Dworetzky the textbook Human Development-A
Lifespan Approach, West Pub.Co.
She came to the
Washington area to work in 1998 in the Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS) as a Senior Public Health Advisor in the Division of Prevention, Traumatic
Stress and Special Programs at the Center for Mental Health Services (CMH).
At HHS she was a
researcher, writer and editor. Among her projects were: Resilience: Status of Research and
Research-Based Programs, CMH Initiative to Promote Mental Health and
Prevent Mental and Behavioral Disorders, and the CMHS Initiative to Promote Resilience
and Prevent Violence. She also served as the managing editor of a major
publication for the Surgeon General’s Office, Mental Health: Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, A Supplement to Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General.
Before Dr. Davis retired in 2008, she was Coordinator of the Garrett Lee Smith
Campus Youth Suicide Prevention Grant Program that now has chapters on 297
college and university campuses.
At her work Nancy was recognized for her
research, writing and organizational skills. To her friends she was an
explorer of ideas and a trigger for action and adventure. Fond she was of
challenges, a carrier of dreams, a living digest of funny stories, a serial
critic of all that passes for cable news, an avid Democrat, a voice for compassion
made palpable through service, and a cherished friend to many.
A Memorial Service for Nancy will be held
on Dec. 18, at 2:00 p.m. at the North Bethesda United Methodist Church, 10100
Old Georgetown Road, reception following the
ceremony.
Suzanne Liggett, Nov. 28, 2010
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Before
Nancy Davis retired in 2008 she was the Coordinator of the
Garrett Lee Smith Campus Youth Suicide Prevention Grant Program
(DPTSSP/CMHS/SAMHSA). She was also enthusiastic about the work of Active Minds,
which was started by a college student at the University of Pennsylvania, who
lost her brother to suicide. The organization now has chapters at 297 colleges
and universities across the US.
Donations
can be made in Nancy Davis' memory to Active Minds, the only national
organization that uses students to change the conversation about mental health
on college campuses.
Active
Minds is a federally recognized 501(c) 3 public charity, which you may access
through the CFC # 16455. Active Minds is supported solely by personal and
organizational contributions.Donations
by check can be mailed to:
Or
donations by credit card can be made online at
(Her Cousin
Darrell [email protected] )
"Human Development-A Lifespan Approach"
co-authors John P. Dworetzky and Nancy J. Davis published 1989 by West Publishing Co.
(Dedication: "For Huretta and Charles Davis"). A
really nice photo of her parents at their 50th wedding anniversary! And there
is a very sad photo of a grave, with some flowers and the family dog lying beside
it.
Her early days at
Harvard she worked as a researcher for the Harvard Graduate School of Business
researching and writing case studies of businesses, which were the foundation
of the business, school curriculum.
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