Article Images
Content deleted Content added
Jevansen 2,864,425 edits |
|||
| (11 intermediate revisions by 8 users not shown) | |||
Line 13: |allegiance= United States |branch= [[United States Army Reserve]] |serviceyears= |rank= [[Major general (United States)|Major General]] |servicenumber= Line 26: ==Education and civilian career== Rosetta Burke was born on February 28, 1937, in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]. Burke attended [[Harlem Hospital School of Nursing]], [[Adelphi University]], and the C.W. Post Center, [[Long Island University]]. Burke retired as Superintendent (Warden) from the [[New York State Department of Corrections]] in October 1992. ==Military career== Burke served with the [[United States Army Reserve]] from 1962 to 1992. She joined the [[New York Army National Guard]] in 1993, where as served as the Assistant Adjutant General. She retired as a [[Major general (United States)|major general]] in 1997, culminating a military career of over 35 years of service. Burke was named state director of the [[Selective Service System]] for New York by Governor [[George E. Pataki]] in 1997. The appointment, made available by President [[Bill Clinton]] and was signed by the National Director of the Selective Service System, Gil Coronado. After [[World War II]], no women holding high office existed. She was named to the post in 1994, after serving thirty years.<ref>[http://www.ngef.org/tier.asp?bid=31 Women in the Army National Guard] Retrieved December 13, 2007.</ref> She was the first female general in New York's Army National Guard and the first female in the nation to be promoted to major general.<ref>[http://www.liu.edu/but01/new/mag/pdf/winspr98.pdf "Pathbreaker for Military Women."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061231184418/http://www.liu.edu/but01/new/mag/pdf/winspr98.pdf |date=2006-12-31 }} ''Long Island University'' Winter 1997/Spring 1998. Retrieved December 13, 2007.</ref> She retired in 1997. ==Memberships== Burke is a member of the [[Reserve Officers Association]], [[The Retired Officers Association]], [[Association for the Military Surgeons of the United States]], [[National Guard Association of the United States]], Militia Association of New York, [[National Black Nurses Association]], Black Nurses Association of the Capital District, Harlem Hospital School of Nursing Alumni, American Correctional Association of the United States of America, New York State Minorities in Criminal Justice, and [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]]. Burke is also President of the [[National Association of Black Military Women]].<ref>[http://www.nabmw.com/1095373.html National Association of Black Military Women]. Retrieved on December 13, 2007.</ref> She is also an honorary member of [[Alpha Kappa Alpha]] sorority.<ref>[http://aka1908.org/present/membership/#honorary Membership: Honorary Members] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070105160803/http://www.aka1908.org/present/membership/ |date=2007-01-05 }}. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. Retrieved on October 12, 2007.</ref> Line 50: *{{cite web |last1=Breslin |first1=Neil D. |title=Rosetta Y. Burke: Honoree Profile |url=https://www.nysenate.gov/profiles/2016/neil-d-breslin/rosetta-y-burke |website=The New York State Senate |accessdate=March 22, 2019}} {{USGovernment| {{DEFAULTSORT:Burke, Rosetta}} Line 59: [[Category:United States Army Medical Corps officers]] [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:21st-century African-American people]] [[Category:21st-century African-American women]] [[Category:20th-century African-American military personnel]] [[Category:20th-century African-American women]] [[Category:African-American United States Army personnel]] | |||