Sue S. Dauser | |
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Born | Anaheim, California | September 20, 1888
Died | March 11, 1972 | (aged 83)
Allegiance | United States of America |
Service/ | Navy, Nurse Corps |
Years of service | 1917 – 1945 |
Rank | Captain |
Unit | USS Relief, USS Argonne, USS Henderson |
Commands held | Superintendent of the United States Navy Nurse Corps |
Battles/wars | World War I, World War II |
Awards | Navy Distinguished Service Medal |
Sue S. Dauser was the fifth Superintendent of the United States Navy Nurse Corps, guiding the Nurse Corps through World War II.
Dauser was born in Anaheim, California, on 20 September 1888. She graduated from the California Hospital School of Nursing in 1914.
Dauser was appointed superintendent of the Navy Nurse Corps in 1939. Serving in that capacity throughout the Second World War, she supervised the great wartime expansion of the corps and its activities throughout the world. Under her administration, the membership of the corps grew from 436 to over 11,000 by 1945. In July 1942, she was invested with the permanent relative rank of lieutenant commander. In December, she received the temporary relative rank of captain, the first woman to receive this rank in the history of the US Navy. In February 1944, her relative captaincy was changed to actual commission for the duration of the war plus 6 months.[2] Captain Dauser was awarded the Navy Distinguished Service Medal for her work as Superintendent during World War II.
Dauser died on 11 March 1972.