Janie L. Mines (born 1958) is an American former naval officer who was the first African-American woman to graduate from the United States Naval Academy, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in 1980. [1] [2] [3] After serving in a variety of roles in the U.S. Navy, she held management positions in a variety of corporations and became a management consultant. In 2002, she was an Olympic torchbearer. [1]
Mines was born in 1958 in Aiken, South Carolina. [1] Her mother is Daisy Sheppard Mines, her father is Reverend William L. Mines, a Baptist minister, and she has a younger sister, Gwen. [1] She graduated from Aiken High School in 1976, [4] where she had been a member of the Navy Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps JROTC unit, [2] a National Honor Society Student, and was her graduating Class Salutatorian. [1]
In August 1975, the U.S. Congress authorized the admittance of women to its military service academies. [5] Mines was the first and only African-American woman of the 81 women who entered the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) in 1976. [2] While at the Academy, Mines was a member of the fencing team, squad leader, midshipman drill officer, and regimental adjutant. [1] [2] She is reported to have found the experience hard and disillusioning, but valuable in learning how to deal with, and make progress in, the system. [2]
In 1980, Mines became the first African-American woman to graduate from the USNA, and her sister graduated from USNA the following year. [2] Mines graduated with the rank of Ensign, and a B.S. in general engineering. [2] [3]
A knee injury in 1978 had ended Mines' plans for a career in the Marines. [2] After graduation, she trained as a supply officer and was assigned to a supervisor position at the Naval Training Center Orlando. [2] She then served in the naval annex at The Pentagon, and aboard the USS Emory S. Land. [6] Mines also served as a senior advisor on the staff of the Secretary of the Navy. [1]
Mines left the Navy to earn a Masters of Business Administration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT), with a 1998 thesis entitled "Integrated change management". [3] She held positions in management in several corporations, including Procter & Gamble and Hershey Foods, and was Senior Vice President of Strategic Sourcing at Bank of America. [1] She has been a management consultant [1] and is a member of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services ( DACOWITS). [7]
In 2002, Mines was a torchbearer in the Olympic Torch Relay, and has received local civic awards. [1] She was honored by the Navy with a Business Achievement Award in 2010. [8] She was also subject of a USNA video, Courage. [9]
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Janie L. Mines (born 1958) is an American former naval officer who was the first African-American woman to graduate from the United States Naval Academy, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in 1980. [1] [2] [3] After serving in a variety of roles in the U.S. Navy, she held management positions in a variety of corporations and became a management consultant. In 2002, she was an Olympic torchbearer. [1]
Mines was born in 1958 in Aiken, South Carolina. [1] Her mother is Daisy Sheppard Mines, her father is Reverend William L. Mines, a Baptist minister, and she has a younger sister, Gwen. [1] She graduated from Aiken High School in 1976, [4] where she had been a member of the Navy Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps JROTC unit, [2] a National Honor Society Student, and was her graduating Class Salutatorian. [1]
In August 1975, the U.S. Congress authorized the admittance of women to its military service academies. [5] Mines was the first and only African-American woman of the 81 women who entered the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) in 1976. [2] While at the Academy, Mines was a member of the fencing team, squad leader, midshipman drill officer, and regimental adjutant. [1] [2] She is reported to have found the experience hard and disillusioning, but valuable in learning how to deal with, and make progress in, the system. [2]
In 1980, Mines became the first African-American woman to graduate from the USNA, and her sister graduated from USNA the following year. [2] Mines graduated with the rank of Ensign, and a B.S. in general engineering. [2] [3]
A knee injury in 1978 had ended Mines' plans for a career in the Marines. [2] After graduation, she trained as a supply officer and was assigned to a supervisor position at the Naval Training Center Orlando. [2] She then served in the naval annex at The Pentagon, and aboard the USS Emory S. Land. [6] Mines also served as a senior advisor on the staff of the Secretary of the Navy. [1]
Mines left the Navy to earn a Masters of Business Administration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT), with a 1998 thesis entitled "Integrated change management". [3] She held positions in management in several corporations, including Procter & Gamble and Hershey Foods, and was Senior Vice President of Strategic Sourcing at Bank of America. [1] She has been a management consultant [1] and is a member of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services ( DACOWITS). [7]
In 2002, Mines was a torchbearer in the Olympic Torch Relay, and has received local civic awards. [1] She was honored by the Navy with a Business Achievement Award in 2010. [8] She was also subject of a USNA video, Courage. [9]
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