Jan 16, 2021
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. Dr. Carolyn Knizer Mikanowicz, 78, a longtime college professor, passed away Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020, at her home. Dr. Mikanowicz was a professor of health professions at Youngstown State University, from where she retired during the 2009-2010 academic year. She lived in Canfield before moving to Virginia after her retirement.
Prior to teaching, she was a registered nurse and certified registered nurse practitioner in obstetrics and gynecology in her native state of Pennsylvania, as well as a registered nurse in California and Alaska. Dr. Mikanowicz was the daughter of the late John and Lottie Piontkowski Knizer. Born June 19, 1942, in New York City, she was raised in the Honey Pot section of Nanticoke, Pa.