Frances Teresa Shea-Buckley (February 26, 1929 – July 8, 2015) was a United States rear admiral who served as Director of the United States Navy Nurse Corps from 1979 to 1983.
She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from St. Joseph College in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1950.
[1] Shea joined the Navy Nurse Corps in 1951 and stayed in the Reserves when she left active duty in 1954.
She earned a Master of Science degree in nursing service administration from DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois, in 1960, and returned to active duty.
[1] Billets of increasing responsibility included a stint as operating room supervisor in hospital ship USS Repose off Vietnam in 1968.