Bonnie Louise (née Larsen) Bullough (5 January 1927 in Delta, Utah – 12 April 1996)[1] was an accomplished sexologist and author, who helped to develop the first Nurse Practitioner Program in California at UCLA in 1968.[2] Throughout her career, she edited or wrote 30 books as well as 112 published articles.[3]
Bullough finished her bachelor's degree in 1955, after working as a public health nurse in the Chicago Public Health Department while her husband, Vern Bullough, completed his doctorate. Bullough received her masters in nursing from The University of California- Los Angeles in 1959, followed by a masters and Ph.D. in sociology. After starting the first nurse practitioner program in California at UCLA, she went on to develop a masters program in nursing, one of the first in the United States. In 1975, she became the coordinator of graduate studies at California State University--Long Beach, directing nurse practitioner education. She became the dean of nursing at SUNY-Buffalo in 1979, and is considered a pioneer in the University of Buffalo School of Nursing.[4]
Bonnie Bullough's archives reside at the University Library at California State University, Northridge,[5] where an endowment in her name funds special lectures, scholarships, and collection development in sex and gender studies.[6]