(1926-09-13)September 13, 1926 Florence, Alabama, U.S.
Died
March 3, 2002(2002-03-03) (aged 75) Annandale, Virginia, U.S.
Buried
Arlington National Cemetery
Allegiance
United States of America
Service/branch
United States Navy
Years of service
1950 - 1981
Rank
Rear Admiral
Unit
Assistant Chief of Naval Personnel for Human Resource Management
Awards
Legion of Merit (2) Meritorious Service Medal National Defense Service Medal with Bronze Star Expert Pistol Medal Sharpshooter Rifle Ribbon
Other work
Member of the Armed Services YMCA of USA National Committee, Chair of the Legislative and Employment Committee of the VA Women's Advisory Committee for Veterans Affairs, member of the National Advisory Committee for the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation
Fran McKee (September 13, 1926 – March 3, 2002) was the first female line officer to hold the rank of Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. She was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral (Lower Half) on June 1, 1976 and earned her second star in November 1978. Rear Admiral McKee was one of the first two women selected to attend the Naval War College, and was the first woman to command an activity of the Naval Security Group Command.
Rear Admiral McKee retired from the Navy in 1981, and died on March 3, 2002, aged 75, after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage; she was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery on April 8, 2002. A reception was held in the Women in Military Service for America Memorial at Arlington, Virginia. She was inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 2007.[1]
^"Inductees". Alabama Women's Hall of Fame. State of Alabama. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
FranMcKee (September 13, 1926 – March 3, 2002) was the first female line officer to hold the rank of Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. She was promoted...
Admiral McKee may refer to: Andrew McKee (1896–1976), U.S. Navy admiral FranMcKee (1926–2002), U.S. Navy rear admiral Kinnaird R. McKee (1929–2013), U...
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Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for her pivotal role...
Keller; and two older half-brothers from her father's first marriage, James McDonald Keller and William Simpson Keller. Keller's father worked for many years...
Duerk became the first female admiral in the navy in 1972. In 1976 RADM FranMcKee became the first female unrestricted line officer appointed to flag rank...
the Fitzgeralds were introduced to Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, Robert McAlmon, and others. Scott and Hemingway became close friends, but Zelda and...
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life, Scottie also collaborated with her news reporting colleague Winzola McLendon to research and write the 1970 book, Don't Quote Me: Washington Newswomen...
Loewer Eleanor Mariano Kathleen L. Martin Rebecca J. McCormick-Boyle Barbara E. McGann FranMcKee Elizabeth M. Morris Mary Joan Nielubowicz Elizabeth S...
the rating leads of The Jack Benny Program and The Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Show, which had jumped from NBC radio to CBS radio the previous season...
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harsh discipline due to her parents' divorce. She then attended Canton's McKinley High School, where she was one of the school's first drum majorettes...
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Point. The U.S. Navy promoted a female line officer, FranMcKee, to flag rank in 1976. RADM McKee thus becomes the first Navy woman who was not a nurse...
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presented with this award in memoriam of Jones and the legacy of her work. The McDonogh Three Little Rock Nine James Meredith Blaustein, Albert P. (1991), Civil...
White Robes and Burning Crosses: A History of the Ku Klux Klan from 1866. McFarland. pp. 82–. ISBN 978-1-4766-1719-0. "Dixie Bibb Graves". Govtrack US...
Juliette Hampton Morgan 2006 Virginia Foster Durr Mary Celesta Johnson Weatherly 2007 FranMcKee Martha Crystal Myers 2008 Rosa Parks 2009 Coretta Scott King...
Juliette Hampton Morgan 2006 Virginia Foster Durr Mary Celesta Johnson Weatherly 2007 FranMcKee Martha Crystal Myers 2008 Rosa Parks 2009 Coretta Scott King...
Juliette Hampton Morgan 2006 Virginia Foster Durr Mary Celesta Johnson Weatherly 2007 FranMcKee Martha Crystal Myers 2008 Rosa Parks 2009 Coretta Scott King...
Woods, Independent Howard Carwile and Socialist Clarke T. Robbe. During the McCarthy era, a time where there was intense anti-communist suspicion in the...
Hall of Fame. State of Alabama. Retrieved February 20, 2012. Owen, Thomas McAdory (1921). "Craig, Mrs. Cola Barr". History of Alabama and Dictionary of...
Marks, Florida), she saved the life of a U.S. soldier, Duncan McCrimmon (sometimes misspelled McKrimmon: 81 ). He had gotten lost on a day out fishing. He...
Juliette Hampton Morgan 2006 Virginia Foster Durr Mary Celesta Johnson Weatherly 2007 FranMcKee Martha Crystal Myers 2008 Rosa Parks 2009 Coretta Scott King...
Command Ferrying Division During World War II: A Collection & Recollection. McKinleyville, CA: K. Gott, 1993. ISBN 0-9633075-0-9 OCLC 28056091 Rickman, Sarah...
Juliette Hampton Morgan 2006 Virginia Foster Durr Mary Celesta Johnson Weatherly 2007 FranMcKee Martha Crystal Myers 2008 Rosa Parks 2009 Coretta Scott King...
Global Information
Rear Admiral