Inez Haynes (June 3, 1909 May 29, 1997) was the 10th director of the
United States Army Nurse Corps from October 1, 1955 until August 31, 1959.
Early life
Haynes was born the first childe of Floyd Haynes and Lola Rampey Haynes on June 3, 1909 in
Paint Rock, Texas
Paint Rock is a town in and the county seat of Concho County, Texas, United States. The population was 273 at the 2010 census, down from 320 at the 2000 census.
The town's name comes from Indian pictographs painted on cliffs overlooking the nea ...
.
After graduating from
Mills High School, she attended a nursing school at Scott and White Hospital.
She began nursing in 1932 when she was commissioned in the Army Nurse Corps Reserve. After coming on active duty in 1933, becoming an operations room nurse at
Fort Sam Houston and
Sternburg General Hospital.
Immediately before and during World War II, her overseas assignments included service in the Philippines, the Pacific, and Japan. She served as the nursing chief of the
First Army Area.
Under her tenure as Chief, the Corps received its first male nurses, members of the Army Nurse Corps Reserve, and for the first time Army Nurse Corps officers were assigned to airborne divisions. In 1958, she was among the first three women to be promoted to the permanent grade of
colonel in the regular Army.
She received the
Legion of Merit
The Legion of Merit (LOM) is a military award of the United States Armed Forces that is given for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements. The decoration is issued to members of the eight ...
among her awards and honors. After retiring in August 1959, Haynes served as director of the
National League for Nursing, and later on the faculty of the College of Nursing at the
University of Texas. She died on May 29, 1997.
References
American nurses
American women nurses
1909 births
1997 deaths
20th-century American women
20th-century American people
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