Judith âJudyâ Leonhard Hendricks, 71, MS, ANP, of South Bethany, Del., passed away on Sunday, May 9, 2021, at Seasons Hospice in Wilmington, Del. She was born Nov. 29, 1949, in Yardley, Pa., daughter of the late Albert T. Leonhard and Nancy (Bosworth) Leonhard. Hendricks graduated from the University of Delaware in 1971 with a bachelorâs degree in nursing. She completed her masterâs program at University of Maryland in 1978. Hendricks went on to become an assistant professor in the nurse-practitioner program at the University of Delaware. In addition, she practiced as an APN for internal medicine with Christiana Care. She was an active member of the Delaware Board of Nursing, serving two years as its president. She was the chairperson of the Delaware Board of Nursing Joint Practice Committee and was instrumental in obtaining prescriptive authority for Advanced Nurse Practitioners. A founding member of the American College of Nurse Practitioners, she served as its president from 2004 to 2005.