Ildaura Murillo-Rohde

NAHN awards a scholarship and an educational excellence award in her honor. To mark the start of National Hispanic Heritage Month for 2021, the Google Doodle for September 15, 2021 pays homage to Dr. Murillo-Rohde.

Murillo-Rohde died in Panama on September 5, 2010, one day before her 90th birthday.

She was named a Living Legend of the American Academy of Nursing in 1994.

Murillo-Rohde became an associate dean at the University of Washington and was the first Hispanic nursing dean at NYU. Murillo-Rohde founded the National Association of Spanish-Speaking Spanish-Surnamed Nurses (NASSSN), known as the National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN) after 1979, and served as its first president. In 1991, David Dinkins appointed Murillo-Rohde to a commission that examined the quality of care at New York City hospitals. In 1994, she was named a Living Legend of the American Academy of Nursing.

Ildaura Murillo-Rohde (September 6, 1920 – September 5, 2010) was a Panamanian nurse, professor, academic, tennis instructor, and organizational administrator. She founded the National Association of Hispanic Nurses in 1975.

Ildaura Murillo-Rohde was born on September 6, 1920, in Panama. She came to the United States in 1945. She completed a nursing diploma from the Medical and Surgical Hospital School of Nursing in 1948. She earned an undergraduate degree in the teaching and supervision of psychiatric nursing from Teachers College, Columbia University. She earned an MA in teaching and curriculum development and an MEd in education and administration, both from Columbia. In 1971, Murillo-Rohde was the first Hispanic nurse awarded a PhD from New York University (NYU).