Lillian Dunlap

Lillian Dunlap
Born(1922-01-20)January 20, 1922
Mission, Texas
DiedApril 3, 2003(2003-04-03) (aged 81)
Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas
Buried
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
AllegianceUnited States
Service / branchUnited States Army
Years of service1942–1975
RankBrigadier General
CommandsUnited States Army Nurse Corps
Battles / warsWorld War II
AwardsArmy Distinguished Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal
Army Commendation Medal (2)

Lillian Dunlap (January 20, 1922 – April 3, 2003)[1][2] was an officer and military nurse in the United States Army. She served in the Pacific Theater during World War II, later rising to the rank of brigadier general and being made chief of the United States Army Nurse Corps.

Dunlap served as the 14th Chief of the Army Nurse Corps (ANC) from 1 September 1971 to 31 August 1975. She graduated from Santa Rosa Hospital School of Nursing in 1942, she received her Bachelor of Science cum laude from Incarnate Word College in San Antonio, Texas in 1954. She received her Master of Health Administration from Baylor University in Waco, Texas in 1960.[3] Her main focus during her time as the ANC Corps Chief was professionalizing the education of military nurses by creating a standard Bachelor of Science in nursing.

On 23 October 1973 Dunlap became the first woman in the history of the United States Army to serve as president of a Department of the Army Officer promotion board.[4]

She was decorated with the Army Distinguished Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, and the Army Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster.[5]

References

  1. ^ Sarnecky, Mary T. "Brigadier General Lillian Dunlap: 14th Chief, Army Nurse Corps". Army Nurse Corps Association. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
  2. ^ "Obituary: Lillian Dunlap". San Antonio Express-News. April 6, 2003. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
  3. ^ "Superintendents and Chiefs of the Army Nurse Corps". U.S. Army Medical Department, Office of Medical History.[dead link‍]
  4. ^ Felter, Carolyn (1995). "Highlights in the History of the Army Nurse Corps" (PDF). U.S. Army Center of Military History.
  5. ^ "WIC Biography – Brigadier General Lillian Dunlap". www.wic.org. Retrieved 5 October 2017.


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