Mary Rawlinson Creason

Mary Rawlinson Creason (November 20, 1924 – March 26, 2021) was an American aviator. She was the first woman pilot to work for the government of Michigan. She was recognized by the federal government for her aviation curriculum for school and for her work as an aviator. Well into her 90s, she continued to fly, despite having a pacemaker.

Biography Creason was born in Greenwood, Delaware on November 20, 1924. She had her first solo flight in 1943. Her sister died in 1943 in a plane crash at Camp Davis while volunteering for the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). In 1944, Creason graduated from Western Michigan College.

Creason started her own business, Ottawa Air Training and Transport in 1967. and her fifth race was in 1983.

Creason became the first woman pilot in the Michigan state government when she joined the Aeronautics Bureau of Michigan in 1977. She started as an aviation safety specialist. In 2015, she passed the tests and was allowed to fly again.

Creason died on March 26, 2021, at the age of 96.