Welcome to LSON

The Loewenberg School of Nursing offers an undergraduate and graduate curriculum with a strong liberal arts component. The school is committed to supporting the research and scholarship mission of the University of Memphis, while continuing to offer an outstanding instructional program.

School History

The late William A. and Ruth Loewenberg were Memphians who were actively involved in many philanthropic causes. Mr. Loewenberg served on the Board of Directors for St. Joseph Hospital for many years. He was instrumental in the development of St. Francis Hospital which was built upon land donated by the Loewenberg family. He served St. Francis Hospital for many years as a member of the board of directors.

Throughout his many years of service to St. Francis, he was well known for his support of nursing. When his children Mr. William I. Loewenberg and his wife Betty, Ms. Joanne Markel, and Mrs. Frederika Felt and her husband Joel Felt wanted to honor Mr. and Mrs. Loewenberg, they established a Chair of Excellence in their honor. Mr. Loewenberg asked that the chair be endowed in Nursing because he believed it would accomplish the greatest good in this area.

Accreditation

• National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission, New York
• Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, Washington, DC
• And approved by the Tennessee Board of Nursing.

The masters program is accredited by the

• Collegiate Commission for Nursing Education (CCNE)
• And approved by the Tennessee Board of Nursing.

Membership

The Loewenberg School of Nursing holds agency membership in the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Southern Council for collegiate Education in Nursing, and National League for Nursing, Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Council.