Bonnie Bullough, a native of Delta, Utah, and one of the pioneers in the nurse practitioner movement, died in Los Angeles, April 12, 1996, of pneumonia resulting from interstitial lung disease.
She was the author, co-author, or editor, of 30 or so books in nursing, nursing history, health care, and on various sexual topics including contraception, cross dressing, homosexuality, and was co-author of a pioneering book on women entitled, The Subordinate Sex. She was a graduate of West High School and received her nursing degree from the Salt Lake General Hospital school, then affiliated with the University of Utah. She went on to get her master's degree in Nursing from UCLA and a master's and PhD in Sociology.She taught in nursing schools at UCLA, California State, Long Beach, and was dean of nursing of State University of New York Nursing school at Buffalo from 1979 to 1993. After her retirement there she moved back to Los Angeles and was a professor of nursing at the University of Southern California from 1993 until her death. She started the first nurse practitioner program in California in 1967 after her return from Egypt where she had been a Fulbright professor. She traveled and lectured widely, in Ghana, Japan, Greece, Cyprus, Peru, England, Canada, and other countries and she had lectured in almost every state in the United States.
She was a member of the American Academy of Nursing, a Fellow of the Scientific Study of Sex, a Laureat in the International Academy of Humanism. Her books have been translated into Italian, Japanese, Spanish, and Chinese. Among her many awards was Syntax award in a national ceremony in 1992, as distinguished nurse practitioner of the year, and the Kinsey award in 1965 for her distinguished research into human sexuality. She was listed in most of the standard biographical dictionaries, including Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Women, and was regarded as a model by her students for her ability to combine marriage, family and a career.
Born in Delta, Utah, January 5, 1927, she was adopted by an uncle, Clyde Uckerman. She married Vern L. Bullough, a native of Salt Lake, in 1947, and the couple had five children, one of whom preceded her in death.
Surviving are her husband, Vern L. Bullough; three sons, James, Steven, and Michael (who has adopted the name, Hayworth); and one daughter, Susan.
A memorial service will be held in Los Angeles on May 21st. The family requests that there be no flowers, and those interested may contribute in her name to: Planned Parenthood, C/O University of Southern California Nursing School, or to Bonnie Bullough collection in history of nursing in the University at Buffalo.
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