60 Years of History
The Sisters of Bon Secours opened the Bon Secours Hospital School of Nursing in 1921. By 1961, however, Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing’s rich history began as a diploma program at Richmond Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. Our 60th Anniversary Gala will celebrate our first graduating class of 1964.
Richmond Memorial Hospital, built a few years earlier to memorialize the Richmond community’s World War II victims and to serve people of all races and backgrounds regardless of their ability to pay, was replaced in 1993. The new hospital, Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center, opened in 1998. The school was renamed the Bon Secours Memorial School of Nursing. In response to the growing evidence showing a positive correlation between a nurse’s education level and patient outcomes, the school launched a four-year Bachelor of Science in nursing degree in 2010 and became the College we know today.
We feel privileged to carry on the tradition of nursing education within Bon Secours, continuing our legacy of caring, educational excellence and living one’s purpose. We are excited, as our next 100 years of nursing education unfolds, to commemorate our rich history and celebrate our first ever graduating class!
