Silvia, Pauline H. (1930-2014)

Pauline Helena Silvia was born on January 25, 1930, in Newport, Rhode Island. Pauline had two children: Silvia Anne Styles and M. T. Silvia.

Silvia was enlisted in the United States Navy and graduated from Officer’s Line School in Newport in 1952. She was honorably discharged as a Lieutenant in 1956.

Silvia worked as a medical technologist at the Newport Naval Hospital and taught science at Berkeley-Peckham School in Middletown. She received her master of science degree in Biology from the University of Connecticut in 1964, and then joined the faculty of the Newport Hospital School of Nursing. Silvia returned to Salve Regina College and earned a bachelor of science degree in Nursing in 1971. She worked as a nurse and a nursing administrator for Newport Hospital until she retired in 1991.

Siliva passed away on January 21, 2014. Source: https://www.newportri.com/article/20140124/obituaries/301249884