Alene Duerk, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alene Duerk

United States Navy admiral

Date of Birth: 29-Mar-1920

Place of Birth: Defiance, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 21-Jul-2018

Profession: nurse, military officer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Alene Bertha Duerk (March 29, 1920 – July 21, 2018) became the first female admiral in the U.S.
Navy in 1972.
She was also the director of the U.S.
Navy Nurse Corps from 1970 to 1975.
She is a 1974 recipient of a Distinguished Alumni Award of Case Western Reserve University's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing.