Alene Duerk
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 6 years ago |
Date of birth | March 29,1920 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | Defiance |
Ohio | |
United States | |
Date of died | July 21,2018 |
Years of service | 1943–1946; 1951–1975 |
Battles and wars | World War II |
Education | Case Western Reserve University |
Died | Lake Mary |
Florida | |
United States | |
Year of servic | 1943–1946; 1951–1975 |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1102062 |
Alene Duerk Life story
Alene Bertha Duerk became the first female admiral in the U.S. Navy in 1972. She was also the director of the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps from 1970 to 1975. She is a 1974 recipient of a Distinguished Alumni Award of Case Western Reserve University's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing.