Madelyn N. Parks

Background

Parks, Madelyn N. was born in Jordan, Oklahoma, United States.

Education

Diploma, Corpus Christi (Texas) School Nursing, 1943; B.S.N., Incarnate Word College, San Antonio, 1961; Master of Hospital Administration in Health Care Adminstrn, Baylor University, 1965.

Career

Commissioned Second lieutenant, Army Nurse Corps, 1943; advanced through grades to brigadier general, Army Nurse Corps, 1975; basic training, Fort Meade, Maryland., 1944; staff nurse eye ward, Valley Forge (Pennsylvania) General Hospital, 1944; served in, India, Iran, Italy, 1944-1945; general duty staff nurse, Fort Polk, Louisiana, 1951; nurse eye clinic, Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii., 1951-1954; staff nurse eye, ear, nose and throat ward, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, 1954-1957; educational coordinator, Fort Dix, New Jersey, 1957-1958; instructor, supervisor enlisted medical training, United States Army Medical Training Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 1959-1961; chief nurse surgical field hospital, 62d Medical Group, Germany, 1961-1962; senior nurse coordinator, 62d Medical Group, Germany, 1962-1963; administration resident, Letterman General Hospital, San Francisco, 1964-1965; director clinical specialist course, Letterman General Hospital, 1965-1967; chief nurse, 85th Evacuation Hospital, Qui Nhon, Vietnam, 1967-1968; assistant chief nursing science division, assistant professor, Medical Field Service School, United States Army-Baylor University Program in Health Care Administration, 1968-1972; chief nurse surgeons office, Headquarters Continental Army Command, Fort Monroe, Virginia, 1972-1973; chief department nursing, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, 1973-1975; chief, Army Nurse Corps, Office of Surgeon General, Department Army, Washington, 1975-1979; retired, Army Nurse Corps, Office of Surgeon General, Department Army, 1979; faculty associate administrator, U. Maryland., 1974-1978.

Achievements

• Madelyn N. Parks has been listed as a noteworthy Nurse, army officer, university official by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Retired Officers Association, AMEDD Museum Foundation.