LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION commemorating July 1, 2013, as the 70th Anniver-
sary of the establishment of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps, and
honoring the women who served in the Corps

WHEREAS, It is the custom of this Legislative Body to recognize those
who have made exceptional contributions to public service in New York
State; and
WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is justly proud to commemorate July 1,
2013, as the 70th Anniversary of the establishment of the United States
Cadet Nurse Corps, and honoring the women who served in the Corps; and
WHEREAS, The United States Congress and President Roosevelt enacted
the Nurse Training Act; this piece of legislation was introduced on
March 29, 1943, by Representative Frances P. Bolton of Ohio, and was
passed unanimously in Congress, and signed into law by President Frank-
lin D. Roosevelt on June 15, 1943; and
WHEREAS, The Act, which became effective as Public Law 74 on July 1,
1943, created the Cadet Nurse Program to maintain the optimal public
health of our civilians on the home front; and
WHEREAS, This Act bestowed upon our Nation a program dedicated to
nurse training to satisfy the need for an extensive nurse workforce
during World War II, as a result of the wave of certified nurses who
joined the Armed Forces and provided their medical expertise to our
soldiers overseas; and
WHEREAS, The Cadet Nurse Corps was administered by the United States
Public Health Service and supervised by the Division of Nurse Education,
an authority enacted by the PHS following the creation of the corps
program; and
WHEREAS, The participating nursing schools were accredited and affil-
iated with hospitals approved by the American College of Surgeons before
they provided their training mechanisms; and
WHEREAS, The students, who were accepted and successfully enrolled
into the program, were women between the ages of 17 to 35, high school
graduates or college students in good mental and physical health; they
provided their specialized medical skills in civilian and military
hospitals, public health clinics, and in the Indian Health Service
during the Nation's time of need; and
WHEREAS, By the conclusion of this program, 1,125 of the 1,300 nursing
schools throughout the United States had participated and trained
180,000 nurses; and
WHEREAS, The legacy of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps does not
only consist of its medical assistance to citizens on the home front,
but it also includes its stabilization of nursing care in hospitals
throughout the Nation during this war era; and
WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to recognize all
those who served in the Cadet Nurse Corps, and to extend special recog-
nition to former cadet nurse, Anne Kaikos of Yonkers, New York; and
WHEREAS, Members of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps deserve to be
recognized, commended and thanked by the people of the State of New York
for their service and for their dedication to their communities, their
State and their Nation; and
WHEREAS, The auspicious occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the
creation of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps presents a unique oppor-
tunity for this Legislative Body to recognize and pay tribute to the
United States Cadet Nurse Corps, and to honor the women who served in
the Corps; and
WHEREAS, It is the custom of this Legislative Body that when organiza-
tions and individuals of such noble aims and accomplishments are brought

to our attention, they should be recognized by all the citizens of this
great Empire State; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
commemorate July 1, 2013, as the 70th Anniversary of the establishment
of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps, and to honor the women who
served in the Corps; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to Anne Kaikos.