Mildred L. Mason Bayer (December 7, 1908 – October 9, 1990)
was a
Registered Nurse from Ohio who was inducted into the
Ohio Women's Hall of Fame
The Ohio Women's Hall of Fame was a program the State of Ohio's Department of Job and Family Services ran from 1978 through 2011. The Hall has over 400 members. In 2019, the Hall's physical archives and online records were transferred to the ...
for her local and international
humanitarian work.
Early life and education
Mildred Mason was born on December 7, 1908
in
Weston, Ohio.
Mason earned a nursing degree from St. Vincent Hospital School of Nursing in 1932 in
Toledo, Ohio
Toledo ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Lucas County, Ohio, United States. A major Midwestern United States port city, Toledo is the fourth-most populous city in the state of Ohio, after Columbus, Cleveland, and Cincinnati, and according ...
.
Bayer was married to Charles Bayer, a physician.
Career
Bayer founded two clinics in Toledo and Lucas County for migrant farm workers in 1960.
Bayer helped establish Mobile Meals in Toledo in 1967, and was the organizations first volunteer coordinator.
In 1970, Bayer began making medical mission trips to Nigeria.
Working with the St. Vincent Hospital Grey Nuns, Bayer established a hospital and 23 mobile clinics around
Kabba
Kabba is a city in Kogi State in mid west Nigeria. It lies near the Osse River, at the intersection of roads from Lokoja, Okene, Ogidi, Ado-Ekiti, and Egbe. The town is about 295 kilometers away from Abuja. It is 511 kilometers from Lagos.
...
, Nigeria.
In 1984, Bayer founded Health Clinics International (HCI), a non-profit organization based in Toledo, to provide medical care to the homeless and other underserved populations.
Bayer helped pass Ohio state legislation that requires nursing home operators to be licensed.
Recognition
Bayer received the Outstanding Service Award from the Toledo Educational Association for the Aged and Chronically Ill in 1969.
And
Mary Manse College Mary Manse College was a Catholic institution of higher education located in Toledo, Ohio from 1922 until 1975. The college was founded in 1922 at the request of the Bishop of Toledo, Samuel Stritch.
Operated by the Ursuline Order of nuns, Ma ...
honored her with the Stella Maris Award.
Later life and death
Bayer died on October 9, 1990.
References
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1908 births
1990 deaths
People from Wood County, Ohio
American nursing administrators
American women nurses
20th-century American women