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Show PAULA FOIL Elected Paula Julander JULANDER 1989 to 1992 the first registered nurse to be elected to the the state of Utah. Representing the Utah Nurses' Association she worked hard for health care issues on a state level realized that few and elected officials had an interest or Heal th care consti tutes a background in heal th related issues. large part of the state budget and she wanted to make a difference in access and quality of health care for individuals in the state. was legislature in first campaign was a difficult one. Many wanted to see her in As a office but did not want her to run against another woman. Democrat she challenged the seat and won against a very strong Her opponent. Julander was born on January 21, 1939 to Paul B. and Esther Earnhardt Foil in Mt. Pleasant, North Carolina, where she grew up Her father had been Mayor of their No. wi th her two sisters. Carolina town, and she inherited an interest in government affairs She often sat on his shoulders as he campaigned door to from him. door talking to voters. Rep. She received a diploma in nursing from Presbyterian Hospital school of Nursing in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1960; her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Utah in 1984 (Magna Cum Laude), where she was on the Natiorial Dean's list in 1983 and 1984; and a Master's of Science in Nursing Administration from Brigham Young University 1990, where she was Valedictorian. Rep. Jul ander's worked in She career has combined Business wi th Nursing. variety of settings in Nursing in North Carolina, South a Carol ina, American Florida Laser technology). In and Utah. Corporation. 1974 she moved In (A to she 1970, pioneer utah with was in that of co-founder Medical Laser corporation. Nurses' Utah the of President as served Julander has Rep. She is a board member of association and Utah Nurses' Found-ation. the Community Foundation for the disabled and Utah Youth Village. the She is also affiliated wi th Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Theta Tau, an As Women Voters. Junior League, adjunct and the League of Westminster ColI ege and facul ty member at Brigham Young Uni versi ty Weber State University. she lectures on the political process and I the In State Legislature. the Utah Taxation, Committees Committee. legislature, she has served on the Health, Revenue and Development Economic and Community Services, as Education well Appropriations as the Higher Human 215 |
