Materials of Robert V. Piemonte, EdD, RN, FAAN, a registered nurse, retired executive director of the National Student Nurses Association, and current president of the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA). He was the second male president in the Association’s 100-year history. Educated at the Pilgrim State Hospital School of Nursing, Long Island University and Teachers College, Columbia University, he has held various teaching and administrative positions in New York State and in national nursing organizations, among them the American Nurses Foundation and Nurses House. He served as Chief Nurse of the 8th Army Medical Unit. This collection contains papers and memorabilia from his professional and military nursing involvement, as well as military uniforms and many of the plaques and awards he has received over the course of his career.