Mariann Stratton

Mariann Stratton
Born	1945 (age 65–66) Houston, Texas
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Navy
Years of service	1964–1994
Rank	Rear Admiral
Commands held	United States Navy Nurse Corps
Awards	Distinguished Service Medal Navy Achievement Medal

Rear Admiral Mariann Stratton (b.1945) was the Director of the United States Navy Nurse Corps from 1991 to 1994.^[1]

Biography

Born in Houston, Texas, Stratton joined the Navy Nurse Corps in 1964 and attended school on a Navy Nurse Corps Candidate Scholarship. She graduated from Sacred Heart Dominican College in Houston, Texas with degrees in nursing and English.^[1] Later she earned master's degrees in nursing from the University of Virginia^[2] and in human resource management.^[1]

Starting on active duty in 1966, Stratton served stateside as well as overseas in Japan, Ethiopia, Greece, and Italy. Her assignments included director of nursing services at Naval Hospital San Diego.^[1]

She became Director of the Navy Nurse Corps in 1991, and was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral (lower half). She served concurrently as deputy commander for Personnel Management, Naval Medical Command. In 1993, she published Nurse Corps Strategic Plan - Charting New Horizons.^[1] As director, Stratton led the "Working Group on Prevention of Sexual Harassment for Women in the Navy and Marine Corps," and advocated before Congress for equal promotion opportunities for military women.^[2]

Stratton retired from the Navy in 1994. In 1996, she was awarded the Distinguished Alumnae Award by the University of Virginia Women's Center.^[2]

See also

• United States Navy Nurse Corps
• Women in the United States Navy

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} Godson, Susan H. (2001). Serving Proudly: A history of Women in the U.S. Navy. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-317-6. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} Bromley, Anne (13 September 1996). "REAR ADMIRAL MARIANN STRATTON TO BE HONORED AS WOMEN'S CENTER'S 1996 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNA". virginia.edu. http://www.virginia.edu/insideuva/textonlyarchive/96-09-13/6.txt. Retrieved 10 November 2010. 

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 0897167066. 
• Godson, Susan H. (2001). Serving Proudly: A history of Women in the U.S. Navy. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-317-6. 

External links

• Nurses and the U.S. Navy -- Overview and Special Image Selection Naval Historical Center

Preceded by Mary Fields Hall

Director, Navy Nurse Corps 1991-1994

Succeeded by Joan Marie Engel

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Name	Stratton, Mariann
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Date of birth	1945
Place of birth	Houston, Texas
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