Lansing Resident Retires after 40 Years of Service to American Lung Association

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LANSING, MI (12/03/2015)(readMedia)-- Lansing resident Mary Scoblic has retired from the Board of Directors of the American Lung Association of the Midland States after 40 years of dedicated service to the association. The Midland States provides lung health programs and services to Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee.

Scoblic's retirement comes after recently being honored at a meeting of the Regional Leadership Council in Lansing MI. Joined by American Lung Association of the Midland States President and CEO Barry Gottschalk and Charter Board of Directors member Harry Perlstadt, Scoblic was recognized for her dedication to the American Lung Association's mission for lung health.

She will continue her support by volunteering for the local American Lung Association Regional Leadership Council.

Scoblic received her BSN from Marquette University in Milwaukee and her MN from the University of Florida in Gainesville. She moved to Michigan in 1975 to become the Child Health Nurse Consultant for the Department of Public Health.

She began contributing to the American Lung Association in Michigan starting in 1975, but her official involvement began in 1981-82 when she joined the ALAM Pediatric Lung Committee, and later the American Lung Association in Michigan Board of Directors. Since then she served as American Lung Association in Michigan Board Chair, a Board member of the American Lung Association of the Midland States, and its representative to the American Lung Association National Assembly.

During these years she held adjunct positions at MSU, Wayne State and the University of Michigan schools/colleges of nursing. She also served in leadership positions in the Michigan and International Associations for Infant Mental Health; Michigan Council for Maternal and Child Health; Michigan Public Health Association; Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honorary, Michigan Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect; Michigan State Medical Society – Maternal/Perinatal Committee; and the League of Women Voters.

Scoblic wishes to acknowledge the quality of the lung association staff whose professionalism offered her the opportunity to utilize the knowledge and expertise she brought to the various boards, and the incredible colleagues – past and present - who have made this such a remarkable journey.