Maxine Conder

Women in Public Service » Military

Rear Admiral in the United States Navy –- the second U.S. woman promoted to that rank –- and director of the Navy Nurse Corps (1975-1979). Admiral Conder is a native of Utah and received a nursing diploma from St. Mark’s Hospital School of Nursing in Salt Lake City and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Utah. As director of the Navy Nurse Corps, Admiral Conder was responsible for training, recruiting, promoting, and retaining 2600 Navy nurses worldwide. In recognition of her service, Admiral Conder was awarded the Legion of Merit, one of only two U.S. military decorations to be issued as a neck order.