Mary Hallaren
Mary Agnes Hallaren( May 4, 1907 – February 13, 2005) was an American soldier and the third director of the Women's Army Corps( WAC) at the time that it became a part of the United States Army.
As the director of the WAC, she was the first woman to" officially" join the U.S. Army.
Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, the daughter of John Joseph Hallaren and Mary Kenney Hallaren.
She graduated in 1925 from Lowell High School and attended Boston University and graduated from Lowell State Teachers College( now University of Massachusetts Lowell).
She taught junior high school for 15 years in Lexington, Massachusetts, spending her summers on vigorous walking tours, which she called vagabonding throughout the United States, Mexico, Canada, and Europe.
In 1942 Hallaren entered the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, which later became the WAC.
A recruiter asked the diminutive Hallaren( she barely stood five feet tall), how someone of her size could help the military.
She replied," You do n't have to be six feet tall to have a brain that works."
In 1943, as a captain, she commanded the first women's battalion to go overseas.
She served as director of WAC personnel attached to the 8th and 9th Air Forces, and by 1945, as a lieutenant colonel, she commanded all WAC personnel in the European theater.
On 7 May 1947, Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson promoted Hallaren to full colonel and appointed her the third director of the WAC.
On June 12, 1948, when the WAC was officially integrated into the Army, she became the first woman to serve as a regular Army officer( there had been female members of the Army Medical Corps since 1947).
She received Army serial number L – 1.
By the end of 1952, Hallaren had completed almost six years as director of the WAC.
She had led the effort to obtain Regular Army and Reserve status for WACs.
She had directed the procedures for assimilating WACs into the regular and reserve components between 1948 and 1950; supervised the revival of WAC recruiting and the opening of the WAC Training Center; and led the Corps through most of the Korean War.
After leaving the directorship, she served on active duty for another seven years before retiring in 1960 at age 53.
She was awarded the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, and the Army Commendation Medal.
She served in the United States Department of Labor as director of the Women in Community Service division.
She retired in 1978, but continued to serve in an advisory capacity.
In the 1990s, she was a leading proponent of the Women In Military Service For America Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery, which was dedicated in 1997.
She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1996 and was featured by Tom Brokaw in his book" The Greatest Generation".
She died at the Arleigh Burke Pavilion, an assisted living facility for retired military personnel in McLean, Virginia.
She is buried in Saint Patrick Cemetery in Lowell, Massachusetts.
The WAC from Walla Walla
The WAC from Walla Walla is a 1952 American comedy film directed by William Witney and written by Arthur T. Horman.
The film stars Judy Canova, Stephen Dunne, George Cleveland, June Vincent, Irene Ryan and Roy Barcroft.
The film was released on October 10, 1952, by Republic Pictures.
Wayne Chabre
Wayne Chabre( born 1947) is an American sculptor from Walla Walla, Washington.
His works have been described as" whimsical".
Many of his sculptures are functional, such as gargoyles and downspouts; railings and gates; lighting, pavilions, fountains, and benches.
William Witney
William Nuelsen Witney (May 15, 1915 – March 17, 2002) was an American film and television director.
He is best remembered for the movie serials he co-directed with John English for Republic Pictures such as "Daredevils of the Red CircleZorro's Fighting Legion" and "Drums of Fu Manchu".
Vincent Borleske
Raymond Vincent" Nig" Borleske( January 8, 1887 – January 2, 1957) was an American minor league baseball player and college football player and coach.
He served as the head football coach at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington from 1915 to 1946.
Borleske was born in Albert Lea, Minnesota.
He was the mayor of Walla Walla from 1948 to 1954.
Borleske died on January 2, 1957, of a heart attack, in Walla Walla.
He was the manager of the Marcus Whitman Hotel in Walla Walla at the time of his death.
Borleske's brother, Stanley Borleske, was also a college athlete and coach.
Monty Buell
Montgomery( Monty)
Buell is the former chair of the Department of History and Philosophy at Walla Walla University in College Place, Washington, as well as current Professor of History.
A 1990 graduate of what was then Walla Walla College, Buell joined the Walla Walla University faculty in 1996 after completing his masters at Purdue University one year earlier.
At Walla Walla University, Buell teaches U.S. History, American Intellectual History, American Economy, and Emergence of Modern America.
Walla Walla University presented Buell with the President's Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2008.
Monty Buell has given various presentations such as “ A Consuming Faith: The Economic Consequences of Cultural Values, ” which was presented at Walla Walla University and “ A Woman ’s Place is Sliming Fish: Work Cultures in Alaska ’s Commercial Fisheries, ” given at a Pacific Northwest History conference in Portland, Oregon.
Buell is a member of the steering committee for “ Global Change, Local Challenge: A Community Conference on How We Can Prepare for the Local Impacts of Global Warming and Declining Oil Production. ”
He also wrote" Status of Pacific Salmon and Their Role in North Pacific Ecosystems," a publication of the U.S. Delegation to the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission of which Buell is also a member.
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
Don Roff
Don Roff( born December 13, 1966, in Walla Walla, Washington) is a writer and filmmaker.
Roff grew up in Milton- Freewater, Oregon.
He worked at the local drive- in theater and made Super 8 mm and VHS movies with his neighborhood friends.
He graduated from McLoughlin Union High School in 1985.
Roff joined the United States Army in 1989 and became a US Army Ranger.
He was stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia in the 3d Ranger Battalion, and was a part of Operation Just Cause in Panama.
He graduated from Walla Walla Community College in 1995 and The Evergreen State College in 1997.
After living in Seattle, Washington and New York City, Roff returned to Walla Walla, Washington in 2011.
He practices veganism.
In June 2006, Roff received the Zola Award for screenwriting from the Pacific Northwest Writers Association.
Bill Gulick
Grover C. "Bill" Gulick (February 22, 1916 – October 25, 2013) was an American author and historian from Walla Walla, Washington.
Emily C. Gorman
Colonel Emily C. Gorman( April 9, 1909 – July 4, 2005) was the sixth director of the United States Women's Army Corps( WAC) from 1962 to 1966.
She was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for her service during the Cold War.

Question: What is the date of death of the director of film The Wac From Walla Walla?
Answer: March 17, 2002