Syringa Marshall-Burnett CD, JP (11 May 1935 – 10 October 2014) was a Jamaican nurse, educator, and former politician with the People's National Party.
[2] Marshall-Burnett had a desire to go into nursing from a young age, and applied to the training program at Kingston Public Hospital when she was 14.
[2] Around this time, Dr. Mary Jane Seivwright was playing a central role in an effort to create a university-based nursing education program.
The University of the West Indies's Mona, Jamaica campus began a certificate program in 1968, which Seivwright became the head of in 1971.
[9] In reconnection of her contributions to the field of nursing, Syringa Marshall-Burnett was awarded the Order of Distinction (Commander Class) in 1990, and was appointed a Justice of the Peace.
[2][4] An academic center at the University of the West Indies, the Syringa Marshall-Burnett World Health Collaborating Centre for Nursing and Midwifery Education, was named in her honour.