Gloria Ann Hagopian, a former associate professor of nursing in Penn Nursing, died on October 3, 2024. She was 85.

Dr. Hagopian attended Binghamton Hospital School of Nursing, graduating with a diploma in nursing, then studied surgical nursing at the University of Rochester School of Nursing. After working at Binghamton General Hospital, she returned to the University of Rochester to complete a master of science in nursing, whereupon she joined Rochester’s faculty as an associate professor. While there, she completed her doctorate in education from Rochester’s College of Education in 1979. 

In 1979, Dr. Hagopian joined the faculty of Penn Nursing as an associate professor of nursing; she also held a joint appointment as a clinician educator in the radiation therapy department at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. In 1994, she left Penn and moved south to become a professor of nursing at the College of Nursing and Health Professions at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. 

Dr. Hagopian authored several books, published over 30 articles, and received numerous federal and state grants. She served on the boards of multiple professional organizations, including the American Cancer Society and the Parkinson’s Association.

She is survived by her brother, William H. Hagopian, and sister, Linda Hagopian.

Donations in her memory be made to the American Diabetes Association, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, the American Heart Association, the National Kidney Foundation, or the Humane Society in Naples, Florida.