Cecilia H. Hauge

The International Committee of the Red Cross awarded Hauge the Florence Nightingale Medal in 1961.

26 in France during World War II, and held the rank of lieutenant colonel when she was discharged from military service.

She succeeded Dorothy V. Wheeler[4] as director of the Veterans Administration Nursing Service from 1954 to 1966.

[6][7][8] Hauge received a Bronze Star in 1946, for her service during World War II.

[9] The International Committee of the Red Cross awarded Hauge the Florence Nightingale Medal in 1961.