| Joan Marie Engel | |
|---|---|
_Joan_M._Engel,_USN.jpg) Rear Admiral Engel in 1997 | |
| Born | (1940-12-09) December 9, 1940 (age 84) St. Marys, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Service | United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1969–2000 |
| Rank | Rear Admiral |
| Commands | 18th Director of the United States Navy Nurse Corps |
| Awards | Legion of Merit (2) Meritorious Service Medal (4) Navy Commendation Medal (2) |
Rear Admiral Joan Marie Engel (born December 9, 1940) held the position as the 18th Director of the Navy 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.
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 RADM Mariann Stratton, the 17th Navy 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 a bachelor's degree in public school nursing from Clarion University in Pennsylvania in 1969. In 1980, she earned a Master of Science in nursing from the University of Alabama School of Nursing. She is a Fellow in the American 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), the Meritorious Service Medal (four awards), the Navy Commendation Medal (two awards), and the National Defense Medal with bronze star. In 1998, the Clarion University Alumni Association presented her with the Distinguished Alumni Award.
Legion of Merit with Gold Star
Meritorious Service Medal with three Gold Stars
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Gold Star
National Defense Service Medal with bronze star
See also
References
- ^ Godson, Susan H. (2001). Serving Proudly: A history of Women in the U.S. Navy. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-317-6.
- ^ "REAR ADMIRAL SPEAKS AT CLARION UNIVERSITY". Clarion University NEWSwire. 1999-05-04. Archived from the original on September 9, 2006. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
Further reading
- Sterner, Doris M. (1997). In and Out of Harm's Way: A history of the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps. Seattle, WA: Peanut Butter Publishing. ISBN 0-89716-706-6.
- Godson, Susan H. (2001). Serving Proudly: A history of Women in the U.S. Navy. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-317-6. 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.
External links
- Nurses and the U.S. Navy -- Overview and Special Image Selection Naval Historical Center
- Joan Micah Engel
| Military offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byMariann Stratton | Director, Navy Nurse Corps 1994–1998 |
Succeeded byKathleen L. Martin |
- 1940 births
- Living people
- People from St. Marys, Pennsylvania
- United States Navy Nurse Corps officers
- Clarion University of Pennsylvania alumni
- University of Alabama alumni
- United States Navy rear admirals
- Female admirals of the United States Navy
- Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing
- Recipients of the Legion of Merit
- American nursing administrators
- 21st-century American women
- Military personnel from Pennsylvania