2011 Outstanding AlumnA Award
Dr. Peggy Ingram Veeser is Professor Emeritus at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) College of Nursing where she served on faculty as a tenured professor for 30 years.
She is formerly the director of University Health Services, a position she held for more than 24 years. Dr. Veeser is former President of the Tennessee Center for Nursing, Fellow and former Vice-President and two-term board member of the American College Health Association (ACHA), and Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). With numerous publications and presentations, Dr. Veeser co-authored a chapter on nursing in the only textbook on college health. She has served as Executive Editor of the Journal of American College Health for 10 years, Chair of the National Conference for Nurse Practitioners, and President of the Tennessee Center for Nursing. Dr. Veeser received the ACHA Lovett Award in 1998 for outstanding nurse-directed college health service and the Reifler Award for her contributions to the ACHA Journal. In 2000, Dr. Veeser received the UTHSC Student Government Award for Teaching Excellence and was named the “Outstanding Political Nurse” by the Tennessee Nurses Association. Dr. Veeser was also selected as a Top 100 Nurse throughout the Memphis metropolitan area in both 1990 and 2001.
She earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Vanderbilt University, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner certificate from University of Virginia, Master of Science in Nursing from UTHSC, and Doctorate in Interdisciplinary Higher Education from University of Memphis. A board certified family nurse practitioner since 1980. Dr. Veeser currently works as a nursing consultant in college health, and was recently appointed Director of a new RN to BSN program at Christian Brothers University.
As a graduate of Leadership Memphis and the Leadership Academy, Dr. Veeser has always been active in the Memphis community. She has served as President of the Junior League of Memphis and the Alumni Association of Leadership Memphis, and has been a board member for several community organizations, including the Volunteer Center of Memphis, Urban League of Memphis, Memphis Area Planned Parenthood, Leadership Memphis and the UTHSC College of Nursing Alumni Association. Dr. Veeser presently serves as a board member for the Children’s Foundation of Memphis and the American College Health Foundation.
Dr. Veeser’s most cherished accomplishments are her marriage to William Veeser, PhD, and her two children, Mary Catherine Tagg and George Canale Tagg Jr. In her leisure time, Peggy enjoys painting, the practice of Tai Chi and yoga and family travels.
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