- Joan Marie Engel
Infobox Military Person
name=Joan Marie Engel
born= 1940
died=
placeofbirth=St. Marys, Pennsylvania
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allegiance=United States of America
branch=United States Navy
serviceyears= 1969–2000
rank=Rear Admiral
commands=18th Director of theUnited States Navy Nurse Corps
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battles=
awards=Legion of Merit (2)Meritorious Service Medal (4)Navy Commendation Medal (2)
laterwork=Rear Admiral Joan Marie Engel held the position as the 18th Director of theNavy Nurse Corps from September 1994 to August 1998. She concurrently served as deputy commander for personnel management in the Health Sciences, Education and Training Command, and later as assistant chief for Education, Training and Personnel. cite book |last=Godson |first=Susan H. |title=Serving Proudly: A history of Women in the U.S. Navy |date=2001 |publisher=Naval Institute Press |location=Annapolis, MD |isbn=1-55750-317-6 ]Early life
Rear Adm. Engel was born in
St. Marys, Pennsylvania in 1940. She was the first school nurse at Elk County Christian High School.Navy Nurse Corps Career
Engel entered the
Navy Nurse Corps in 1969 as a Lieutenant. She served in various stateside and overseas naval hospitals, progressing in rank with jobs of increasing responsibility. She became deputy director of the Nurse Corps, serving under the RADMMariann Stratton , the 17thNavy Nurse Corps director.Clinical nursing assignments included assignments at the Naval Hospital, Millington, TN; Branch Medical Clinic, Iwakuni, Japan; Branch Medical Clinic, LaMaddalena, Sardinia; and Naval Hospitals in Charleston, SC, Jacksonville, FL, Newport, RI, and Pensacola, FL.
Engel's administrative assignments included being the first junior Nurse Detailer, BUMED; the first Assistant Chief of Staff, Logistics, Naval Medical Command, Northeast Region, Great Lakes, IL; Naval Inspector General staff, Washington, D.C., and Naval Medical Inspector General staff, BUMED; and Deputy Director, Navy Nurse Corps, BUMED.
She served as the 18th Director,
Navy Nurse Corps from October 1994 until August 1998.Rear Admiral Engel retired in January 2000 as the Assistant Chief, Operational Medicine and Fleet Support, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Washington, DC, a position she held since August 1996.
Education
RADM Engel received her nursing diploma from the Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in
Buffalo, New York in 1961. She earned abachelor's degree in public school nursing fromClarion University inPennsylvania in 1969. In 1980, she earned aMaster of Science in nursing from theUniversity of Alabama School of Nursing. She is a Fellow in theAmerican Academy of Nursing , a Wharton Fellow and holds an honorary fellowship in the American Academy of Medical Administrators.Awards
Engel has earned the
Legion of Merit (two awards), theMeritorious Service Medal (four awards), theNavy Commendation Medal (two awards), and theNational Defense Medal with bronze star. In 1998, theClarion University Alumni Association presented her with the Distinguished Alumni Award. cite web | title = REAR ADMIRAL SPEAKS AT CLARION UNIVERSITY | publisher = Clarion University NEWSwire | date = 05/04/1999 | url = http://news.clarion.edu/cgi-bin/archives.pl?state=Archives_Show_Article&article=1395&year=1999&month=05&day=04 | accessdate = 04/01/2008]ee also
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Navy Nurse Corps
*Women in the United States Navy External links
* [http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/prs-tpic/nurses/nurses.htm Nurses and the U.S. Navy -- Overview and Special Image Selection] Naval Historical Center
* [http://ibwest.org/Joan_Engel.htm Joan Engel]References
Further reading
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* Fact filled, extensively researched account of the evolution of the roles of women in the United States Navy, treating the parallel and entertwined paths of the Navy Nurse Corps and the WAVES. About one-third of the pages are devoted to notes and bibliography.
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