The People Behind Our Promise
Nurse manager follows her grandmother’s 64-year nursing career
Tara Wiggins carries on a family legacy at the Novant Health Zimmer Cancer Institute
Susan Miller
Staff Writer
Published May 23, 2023
Tara Wiggins holds a black-and-white photo of her grandmother's graduating nursing class in 1950. Her grandmother, Barbara Marksamer, is standing at the end of the top row on the right.
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