History

	Superintendent
Dita H. McKinney	Nurses had no rank	15 Mar 1901--31 Jul 1909
Jane A. Delano	Nurses had no rank	12 Aug 1909--31 Mar 1912
Isabel McIsaac	Nurses had no rank	01 Apr 1912--21 Sep 1914
Dora E. Thompson	Nurses had no rank	22 Sep 1914--29 Dec 1919
Julia C. Stimson	Major (Relative Rank¹)	30 Dec 1919--31 May 1937
Julia O. Flikke	Major (Relative Rank¹)	01 Jun 1937--13 Mar 1942
Julia O. Flikke	Colonel (Temporary Commission²)	13 Mar 1942--30 Jun 1943
Florence A. Blanchfield	Colonel (Temporary Commission²)	01 Jul 1943--16 Apr 1947

	Chief Army Nurse Corps³
Florence A. Blanchfield	Colonel	16 Apr 1947--30 Sep 1947
Mary G. Phillips	Colonel	01 Oct 1947--30 Sep 1951
Ruby F. Bryant	Colonel	01 Oct 1951--30 Sep 1955
Inez Haynes	Colonel	01 Oct 1955--31 Aug 1959
Margaret Harper	Colonel	01 Sep 1959--31 Aug 1963
Mildred Irene Clark	Colonel	01 Sep 1963--21 Aug 1967
Anna Mae Hays	Colonel	01 Sep 1967--10 Jun 1970
Anna Mae Hays	Brigadier General	11 Jun 1970--31 Aug 1971
Lillian Dunlap	Brigadier General	01 Sep 1971--31 Aug 1975
Madelyn N. Parks	Brigadier General	01 Sep 1975--31 Aug 1979
Hazel W. Johnson	Brigadier General	01 Sep 1979--31 Aug 1983
Connie L. Slewitzke	Brigadier General	01 Sep 1983--31 Aug 1987
Clara L. Adams-Ender	Brigadier General	01 Sep 1987--31 Aug 1991
Nancy R. Adams	Brigadier General	01 Dec 1991--01 Dec 1995
Bettye H. Simmons	Brigadier General	12 Dec 1995--31 Jan 2000
William T. Bester	Brigadier General	1 May 2000--01 June 2004
Gail S. Pollock	Major General	26 July 2004--26 July 2008
Patricia D. Horoho	Major General	27 July 2008--Dec 2011
Jimmie O. Keenan	Major General	12 Jan 2012--4 Nov 2015
Barbara Holcomb	Major General	4 Nov 2015--1 July 2019
Jack M. Davis	Brigadier General	1 July 2019--Sep 2022
James D. Burk	Brigadier General	1 Nov 2023--Current

¹4 Jun 1920, an Army Reorganization Act authorized relative rank for Army nurses in recognition of the outstanding services of more than twenty thousand Army nurses during WW I. Although allowed to wear the insignia of the relative rank, it did not grant full rights and privileges, such as pay. ²13 Mar 1942, the Superintendent of the Nurse Corps received a temporary commission as a Colonel in the Army of the United States. Although they wore the insignia of that grade, they were denied the pay of that grade. In 1952, the 82d Congress in Private Law 716 reversed the decision and they, then retired, received the pay which had been withheld for ten years. ³16 Apr 1947 Congress established the Army Nurse Corps in the Medical Department of the Regular Army. The Army-Navy Nurse Act also provided permanent commissioned officer status for members of the Army Nurse Corps.