Mary Louise Rasmuson

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Mary Louise Rasmuson

Born	(1911-04-11)April 11, 1911 East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Died	July 30, 2012(2012-07-30) (aged 101) Anchorage, Alaska
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Army
Rank	Colonel
Commands held	Women's Army Corps
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Legion of Merit

Mary Louise Milligan Rasmuson (April 11, 1911 – July 30, 2012) was an American army officer, and director of the Women's Army Corps.^[1]

Born in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Milligan graduated from what is now Carnegie Mellon University and received her masters from University of Pittsburgh. She enlisted in the United States Army during World War II. In 1957, President Dwight Eisenhower appointed Milligan director of the Women's Army Corps and in 1961, President John Kennedy reappointed her. In 1961, she married Elmer E. Rasmuson, the president of National Bank of Alaska. The following year, she retired from the army and moved to Anchorage, Alaska. The Rasmusons were influential and establishing and greatly expanding the Anchorage Museum. Her step-daughter was Connecticut state representative Lile Gibbons.^[1]

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 William Yardley, "Mary Louise Rasmuson, Who Led Women’s Army Corps, Dies at 101" (Obituary), New York Times, Aug. 5, 2012.

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2013	Beltz, ArneArne Beltz Brady, JudyJudy Brady Brown, Daphne ElizabethDaphne Elizabeth Brown Covington, CarolynCarolyn Covington Hitchins, Diddy R. M.Diddy R. M. Hitchins Hunt, Karen L.Karen L. Hunt Hurst, JoanJoan Hurst Jones, Dorothy M.Dorothy M. Jones Jones, JewelJewel Jones Joyce, MaryMary Joyce Langdon, ThelmaThelma Langdon Morgan, EmilyEmily Morgan Moulton, Ruth E.Ruth E. Moulton Nash, MarieMarie Nash Newell, AnneAnne Newell

Persondata
Name	Rasmuson, Mary Louise
Alternative names
Short description	American military officer
Date of birth	April 11, 1911
Place of birth	East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Date of death	July 30, 2012
Place of death	Anchorage, Alaska

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