Lillian Dunlap
Lillian Dunlap 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.
She served as the 14th Army Nurse Corps Chief from 1 September 1971 through 31 August 1975. She graduated from Santa Rosa Hospital School of Nursing in 1942, she received her B.S. Cum Laude from Incarnate Word College in San Antonio, TX in 1954. She received her M.H.A. from Baylor University in Waco, TX in 1960. Her main focus during her time as the ANC Corps Chief was professionalizing the education of military nurses by creating a standard B.S. in nursing.
On 23 October 1973 Brigadier General Lillian Dunlap became the first woman in the history of the U.S. Army to Serve as president of a Department of the Army Officer promotion board.
She was decorated with the Distinguished Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, and the Army Commendation Medal.
