Winnie Gibson

Winnie Gibson (1902–2000) was the second director of the United States Navy Nurse Corps, serving in that position from 1950 to 1954.

After her tour on the Relief, she was assigned as Anesthetist at Naval Hospital, Mare Island, California, and then as Anesthetist and Operating Room Supervisor at Naval Hospital, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

In following tours, she was assigned as Chief Nurse at the Naval Hospitals in Jacksonville, Florida; Annapolis, Maryland; and Houston, Texas.

During the Korean War, Captain Gibson presided over a Nurse Corps that was required to involuntarily recall Reserve nurses at the rate of 125 per week and "freeze" those on active duty.

She died on 21 July 2000, and is buried at Restland Memorial Park in Dallas, Texas.

Gibson, director of the Navy Nurse Corps, receives the battle flag of the USS Higbee from Rear Admiral Lamont Pugh, Surgeon General of the United States Navy. Named for Lenah Higbee , the USS Higbee was the first U.S. Navy warship to be named for a female member of the U.S. Navy.