May 29, 1948--Mary Alicia Shiland (Alicia Shiland Rounds) is baptized at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, Park Avenue and 84th St., New York, N.Y. Her sponsors are Burke Cahill and Mollie Cahill Adelski [Proxy-Alicia Norris].

1953--Mary Alicia Shiland (Alicia Shiland Rounds) relocates with her family from Havana, Cuba to White Oak Lane, Lawrence Farms East, Chappaqua, New York.

Sept. 9, 1957--Mary Alicia Shiland begins fourth grade at the Roaring Brook School, Chappaqua, New York, Room 206. Her teacher is "Miss Mahoney."

Nov. 1958-- "Doll Exhibit Marks UN Day--Fascinated by dolls from everywhere is Alicia Shiland, 10, a fifth grader at Cisqua School. The United Nations doll exhibit at Cisqua is on display this month to mark United Nations Day, observed last week, and to bring life to geography and social studies." Caption under a newspaper photograph of Alicia examining one of the dolls on display. The photograph was published in the Nov. 6, 1958 edition of the Patent Trader, Mt. Kisco, New York. Alicia confirms that the doll collection had belonged to her (2013). The current whereabouts of the doll collection, or whether it still exists, is unknown (2013).

July 23, 1959--Mary Alicia Shiland (Alicia Shiland Rounds) is visiting "Nona," her maternal grandmother (Alicia Fitzpatrick Norris) at Rambler (?) House, Baie Verte, Newfoundland." Along with Mary Alicia Shiland is her brother, Andrew Shiland, V. Nona reports back to their parents in Chappaqua, New York by a letter of that date: "...The trip to Deer Lake was really something. Who was to occupy the upper bearth was the main topic all the way along. Andy won out and Alicia didn't like it at all. But it all passed off..." Mary Alicia Shiland came down with a cold during the visit.

Feb. 23, 1963--Mary Alicia Shiland (Alicia Shiland Rounds) is accepted to the School of the Holy Child, Suffern, New York.

June 7, 1963--Mary Alicia Shiland (Alicia Shiland Rounds) receives a diploma for the successful completion of the 9th grade at The Cisqua School, Mount Kisco, New York.

June 8 ,1966--(Wednesday) Mary Alicia Shiland (Alicia Shiland Rounds) graduates from the School of the Holy Child, Suffern, New York. [The Most Reverend Fulton J. Sheen, D.D. addressed the 28 graduates.]

June 17, 1966 (Friday evening)--Mary Alicia Shiland (Alicia Shiland Rounds) is one of four debutantes presented at the Debutante Assembly for the benefit of The Community Trust Fund, The Whippoorwill Country Club, Armonk, New York [A Junior League of Mount Kisco, New York event].

Sept. 1966--May 1968, Mary Alicia Shiland (Alicia Shiland Rounds) attends The Cardinal Strich College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. During one of the academic years she is in attendance the number of her meal pass is 285.

Dec. 23, 1966--(Friday evening) Mary Alicia Shiland (Alicia Shiland Rounds) attends as a debutante an assembly that is sponsored by The Junior Assemblies. The event is held at The Plaza [N.Y.C].

May 3-5, 1968--Mary Alicia Shiland (Alicia Shiland Rounds) is spending the weekend at the home of her friend, Miss. Nancy Gabriel, on North Lake Drive, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

August 19, 1971--Mary Alicia Shiland (Alicia Shiland Rounds) is awarded a baccalaureate degree from the Department of Nursing of the Faculty of Medicine, Columbia University at The Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in the City of New York. She is presented her nursing pin on that day, as well as her diploma, as per the Presentation Ceremony program.

Aug. 31, 1973--Mary Alicia Shiland is residing at 1982 Commonwealth Avenue, Brighton, MA.

Dec. 31, 1988 (evening)--Alicia Shiland Rounds, R.N. and her husband (Charles Elder Rounds, Jr.) are celebrating the arrival of 1989 with friends (Mr. and Mrs. Bradford May; Mr. and Mrs. Michael K. Tooke; and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Owens) in the main dining room (Le Champlain) of the Le Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City, Canada. Their 9 children are celebrating the arrival of the new year in a less formal and more raucous venue that is situated one floor below the main dining room.

Dec. 31, 1989--Alicia Shiland Rounds, R.N. and her husband (Charles Elder Rounds, Jr.) celebrate the arrival of 1990 with friends (Mr.and Mrs. Bradford May; Mr. and Mrs. Michael K. Tooke; and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Owens) dining and dancing at The Ritz-Carlton, Arlington Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

Nov. 26, 1998 (6:00 p.m.)--Alicia Shiland Rounds, R.N. sits down to a family Thanksgiving Dinner in Venice, Italy [Antico Martini, Campo S. Fantin 1983, S. Marco].

March 20, 2003--Alicia Shiland Rounds, R.N. publishes the following comments: "Magnet Recognition status would formally and publicly recognize the outstanding contributions MGH nurses have made over the years to the nursng profession. The application process itself shows the world that MGH nurses don't rest on their laurels. Positive reinforcement is always desirable, but there's an even more important reason I'm interested in Magnet hospital certification. It sends a signal to the world that MGH nurses are working long and hard in the pursuit of excellence. It's sure to attract nurses to the MGH who, to borrow a page from the US Army, aspire to be the best they can be."---Alicia Shiland Rounds, RN, staff nurse, Ellison 19, Thoracic Surgery, 30 years in practice. See Caring Headlines, March 20, 2003, at page 15. [A Massachusetts General Hospital Publication, GRBO 15, MGH, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114-2696].

Sept. 12, 20015--Alistaire Norris McDonough marries Marc Anthony Lombardo in the Saint Thomas the Apostle Church, West Hempstead, New York. Alicia Shiland Rounds, R.N. reads from the pulpit St. Paul's first letter to the Corinthians. [D5: 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:8]. The passage is designated in the program as the "second reading," which is a part of the "Liturgy of the Word" segment of the wedding ceremony.

Sept. 8, 2017 (6:15 a.m.)--Alicia Shiland Rounds, R.N. reports for nursing duty at the Massachusetts General Hospital (Ellison 19) for the last time. Her official retirement date is September 30, 2017.

Sept. 25, 2017 (3:30 p.m.to 5:30:p.m.)--A retirement party is held for Alicia Shiland Rounds in the Trustees Room of the Bulfinch Building (M.G.H.). In attendance are her past and present nursing colleagues, as well as her Beacon Hill friends and neighbors. She is presented with an engraved silver bowl by Ellison 19's Head Nurse. Ms. Ruth Dempsey, who was Alicia's head nurse when Alicia first reported for duty at the M.G.H. (Baker 10) in 1971, is also present. To memorialize the occasion, the photographer Louis Fabian Bachrach takes numerous photographs. They are compiled in an album, which is in 107 Mount Vernon Street, Boston, MA 02108.