Marilyn Sue Bogner, Ph.D. 1937-2016

Marilyn Sue Bogner of Leavenworth, KS, attended the University of Pennsylvania (1955-1957) but graduated from the University of Kansas with a B.A. in Psychology and Mathematics (1959). She also earned her M.A. in Psychology (1968), and her Ph.D. in Social Psychology (1975) from the University of Kansas. After moving to Bethesda, MD in 1971, Sue began teaching psychology at Catholic University in Washington, DC. Her courses were particularly popular with nurses who sought insight for their concerns such as convincing physicians trained to cure people that their dying patients needed them. Working for a time at the National Academies' Institute of Medicine, Sue continued applying psychology to health care as she targeted such issues as changing physician behavior to achieve better compliance with quality assurance standards. In a stint at DHHS Health Services Administration, she monitored research on a range of issues from Haitian immigration to health and social services for elderly Chinese in San Francisco.