Carolyn Braudaway

Carolyn Krauch Braudaway (Nurs ’66) retired from the Washington Adventist University Department of Nursing after a 33-year career, culminating as as a baccalaureate nurse educator in psychiatric nursing and community health nursing. During her tenure at WAU, Mr. Braudaway received the Zapara Award for Excellence in Teaching and a Lifetime Achievement Award. She received a master’s degree in nursing from California State University in psychiatric nursing and nursing education in 1976 and had previously retired as a colonel from the U.S. Army Nurse Corps Reserves after serving 30 active duty and reserve years as a military nurse. She started as a U.S. Navy nurse during the Vietnam War era. Her awards included a Meritorious Service Medal for 30 years as an outstanding military nurse and leader and for excellence during the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm.