Rimel, Rebecca
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content: Moniz, Amanda B.
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content: National Museum of American History (U.S.)
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content: Philanthropy Oral History Collection
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content: Philanthropy Oral History Collection / Born-Digital Interviews
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content: 56.14 Megabytes (Total Running Time: 0:58:28, audio/mp3)
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content: 2018-08-20
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content: Item NMAH-AC1582-BDA0008
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content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Rebecca W. Rimel (b. 1951) is the president and chief executive officer of The Pew Charitable Trusts, a position she began in 1994. Rimel discusses her personal background and career including her upbringing in Charlottesville, Virginia, education, volunteer work, medical and nursing career, and career in philanthropy with the Pew Charitable Trust. Before joining The Pew Charitable Trusts in 1983 as a health program manager and executive director in 1988, Rimel broke barriers as the first nurse to hold a faculty position at the University of Virginia's medical school, serving as an assistant professor in the Department of Neurosurgery from 1981-1983. She was head nurse of the emergency department at the University of Virginia Hospital and authored scientific articles on head injury.