Mary Fields Hall
Rear Adm. Hall in 1988
Born	(1934-10-14)October 14, 1934 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died	July 21, 2022(2022-07-21) (aged 87)
Allegiance	US
Service/branch	United States Navy
Years of service	1959–1991
Rank	Rear Admiral
Commands held	Director of the United States Navy Nurse Corps Naval Hospital, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Naval Hospital, Long Beach, California
Awards	Distinguished Service Medal[1]

Mary Fields Hall (October 14, 1934 – July 21, 2022) was the Director of the Navy Nurse Corps from 1987 to 1991.^[2] She was the first U. S. military nurse to command a hospital. She became the commanding officer at Naval Hospital, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in July 1983, and later commanded Naval Hospital, Long Beach, California.^[2]

Early life

Mary Fields Hall was born in 1934 in Pennsylvania. She earned a nursing diploma from Episcopal Hospital School of Nursing, Philadelphia, in 1955.^[2]

Navy Nurse Corps career

She joined the Navy Nurse Corps in 1959. While in the Nurse Corps, she earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the Boston University in 1966 and a Master of Science degree in nursing service administration from the University of Maryland in 1973.^[2]

She became the commanding officer at Naval Hospital, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in July 1983, and later commanded Naval Hospital, Long Beach, California.^[2]

She became director of the Navy Nurse Corps in 1987, and was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral (lower half). She served concurrently as deputy commander for Personnel Management, Naval Medical Command.^[2]