Deborah Hacker Oakley ’60 AM

Deborah Hacker Oakley ’60 AM, of Chelsea, Mich.; Aug. 21. She was a faculty member at the University of Michigan, where she also served as a member of federal National Institutes of Health and state review and advisory panels. Her research focused on women’s health and included groundbreaking tracking of contraceptive behaviors and institutional effects on women’s health in the U.S. and China, evaluation of delivery care by certified midwives, documentation of nurse-managed centers in the U.S. and China, and women’s health behaviors in Iran. She collaborated with colleagues from multiple universities and, together with the late Meiyu Yu, established an educational and research partnership with Peking Medical University School of Nursing. She served on the board of directors of Planned Parenthood and was a member of the American Public Health Association. She helped found the American Public Health Association’s Women’s Caucus. In her retirement she continued as a peer reviewer for international journals and enjoyed work as an ESL tutor. She also liked gardening. She is survived by her husband, Bruce ’60 ScM, ’62 PhD; a daughter and son-in-law; a son and daughter-in-law; four grandchildren; and six nieces and nephews.