Jean Whelan

Jean C. Whelan, GR’00, GR’02, a Penn Nursing faculty member, died on March 7. She was 68.

Ms. Whelan joined Penn Nursing in 1987 as a teaching assistant and later worked as a research assistant. In 2009, she became assistant director of the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing, and in 2012 she became an adjunct associate professor.

She joined the 25-Year Club in 2012 (Almanac October 2, 2012).

Ms. Whelan was named president of the American Association for the History of Nursing (AAHN) in 2012 (Almanac October 16, 2012). She received the 2013 Legacy Award from Penn Nursing Alumni in 2014 and the Mary M. Roberts Award from the AAHN in 2015.

She was preceded in death by her daughter, Emily Tova Gilbert.

She is survived by her husband, Mark Gilbert; son, Paul Gilbert; and siblings, Anne, Mary-Jo Karpov, Tishi Mann and John.

Contributions in her memory may be made to the American Association for the History of Nursing.

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