E. Ann Hoefly

After the war, Hoefly left the army and worked in civilian hospitals. She rejoined the armed forces in 1949 when she enlisted in the recently formed

Hoefly was born in Queens, New York in 1919 to longshoreman Otto Hoefly and Anna Iverson Hoefly, who emigrated from Germany and Norway, respectively.^[2] She graduated from high school in Hackettstown, New Jersey, in 1938 and from the Methodist Hospital School of Nursing, Brooklyn in 1943.^[3]

In July 1944, she entered the

She was awarded a bachelor of science degree from the Florida Southern College in 1953 and from then until August 1954 was an instructor in psychiatry at the Medical Field Service School. She later served as a flight nurse with the 1734th Air Transportation Squadron at Brooks Air Force Base and received a masters in nursing administration from Columbia University.^[3]

In November 1956 Hoefly became an instructor flight nurse and was made chief of the Psychiatric Nurse Section at the 3883d School Group at

In 1967, she graduated from the

An award, named in her honor, has been granted annual by the Flight Nurse Section of the Aerospace Medicine Association since 1976 for achievements in flight nursing.^[6] The Flight Nurse Section was later renamed the Aerospace Nursing Society and the parent organization became the Aerospace Medical Association.^[7]

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