Martha L (Molly) Tyler, RN MN, received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (1969) from the University of Pennsylvania and a Masters in Nursing (1977) from the University of Washington. She also trained in the field of respiratory care and became a Registered Respiratory Therapist (1970). Her clinical interests, research and teaching have been in the care of people with chronic and acute pulmonary diseases and those requiring intensive care. She was an instructor and consultant at the University of Colorado, evaluating and teaching respiratory care practices and patient management in small hospitals in Colorado and Wyoming in an NIH-sponsored Regional Medical Program (RMP) project (1969-1973). In 1973 she came to Harborview Medical Center as a respiratory nurse clinician. She also was part of a Washington Lung Association sponsored educational project in small Washington hospitals. Joining the faculty of the University of Washington Schools of Nursing and Medicine (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine) in 1977, she taught the pulmonary course content and directed the Pulmonary Clinical Nurse Specialist pathway in the School of Nursing and conducted research and taught in the School of Medicine until 1995. From 1995 to 1998 she focused on pulmonary vascular disease and became the research coordinator for the Pulmonary Vascular Disease Academic Award and the clinical case manager for the Pulmonary Vascular Disease clinic at the University of Washington Medical Center.