About Ruth Alice Erickson
Lived 1913 – 2008 (aged 95). Ruth Alice Erickson was an American military officer and nurse.
Captain Ruth Alice Erickson (1913-2008) was the Director of the United States Navy Nurse Corps, serving in that position from 1962 to 1966. As a lieutenant in the Navy Nurse Corps, she witnessed the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941.
Early life Ruth Alice Erickson was born in 1913 in Virginia, Minnesota.
Navy Nurse Corps career Ruth Erickson joined the Navy Nurse Corps in July 1936. During her career she served on the hospital ship Relief, witnessed the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,
Education Erickson earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing Education from Indiana University in 1953.
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Who was Ruth Alice Erickson?
American nurse
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Ruth Alice Erickson was born on 20 June 1913 in Virginia.
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Ruth Alice Erickson died on 25 November 2008 in Rochester.
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Ruth Alice Erickson was a military officer and nurse.
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Ruth Alice Erickson was American.
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