This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MCDOWELL Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZaB.2ACE/1406 Message Board Post: Washington Post, The (DC) - February 19, 1994 MARY LOUISE McDOWELL -- Navy Captain Mary Louise McDowell, 74, who retired in 1975 as chief legal assistant to the U.S. surgeon general, died Feb. 15 at her home in Bradford, Pa., after a heart attack. Capt. McDowell also was the co-owner from 1952 to 1965 of the Lady Fairfax dress shop in Fairfax. She was born in Bradford and graduated from Wilson College. She received a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania and began her Navy career during World War II as a legal officer in Casco Bay, Maine. From 1946 until 1951, she practiced law in Bradford, then returned to Naval service as a legal officer. She was assigned in Memphis, San Diego and Washington and served with the Judge Advocate General Corps as a court-martial judge. She was a member of the Federal Bar Association. On retiring from the Navy, Capt. McDowell remained in the Washington area. About two years ago, she moved from Arlington to Bradford. Survivors include a brother, Dr. Richard E. McDowell of Tulsa.