Evelyn Fields | |
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.jpg) Fields | |
| Birth name | Evelyn Juanita Fields |
| Born | January 29, 1949 Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Service |  NOAA |
| Years of service | 1972–2003 |
| Rank | Rear admiral |
| Unit | NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps |
| Commands | Director of the Office of the NOAA Corps Operations Director of the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps (1999–2003) |
| Awards | Department of Commerce Gold Medal |
| Alma mater | Norfolk State University (BS) |
Evelyn J. Fields (born 1949) is a rear admiral, retired, of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps, who served as the director of the Commissioned Officer Corps and director of NOAA's Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, from 1999 until her retirement in 2003. Fields was the first woman, and first African American to head the NOAA Corps.
Earlier in her career, in 1989, Fields was given command of the research vessel, NOAAS McArthur, thus becoming the first woman and first African American to command a NOAA ship, and the first woman to command a ship in the United States uniformed services for an extended assignment.