Dr. Huebner is Professor Emerita of Nursing and a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. She was a member of the 2nd graduating class from the Intercollegiate Center for Nursing Education. During the Vietnam War era, she was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Army during her senior year and went on to serve 31 years, later retiring as a full Colonel and Chief Nurse Executive of the world-wide U.S. Army Medical Command. She earned her bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees during her service in the Army. After military retirement, she served as faculty and department chair at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas.
Carol’s clinical career was in adult med-surg and critical care nursing. She served as a certified critical care nurse and nurse manager in eight Army medical centers and community hospitals including South Korea. With the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN), she was a research pioneer in the quest to minimize the use of dangerous heparin in intravenous access devices. She was also recognized by the Daughters of the American Revolution as the Surgeon General’s Army Nurse of the Year.
As an educator, Carol taught combat medics, health care administrators, and nursing students at all levels. She published extensively in peer-reviewed literature, textbook chapters, and technical reports. As a nurse researcher, she mentored graduate students and international colleagues. Together, they developed an instrument to estimate readiness of nurses to deliver care in austere environments such as combat zones and natural disasters.
Carol’s service is unwavering and her support for the WSU College of Nursing is inspiring. Carol has seen first-hand the impact of philanthropy for faculty, students, research and our nursing facilities. In addition to her annual contributions, Carol and her husband Michael have established a legacy gift by including the WSU College of Nursing in their estate plans. We are proud to welcome Carol and Michael to the 1890 Legacy Society.
Have you thought about including the WSU College of Nursing in your estate plans? The WSU Foundation’s Gift Planning team can assist you with a variety of estate and planned giving options, including bequests, charitable gift annuities, charitable remainder trusts, qualified charitable distributions from your IRA, gifts of life insurance, and more. Please reach out to the College of Nursing development team at nursing.development@wsu.edu.
