07/09/2026
We are so excited to introduce our next speaker, Col. (R) Pauletta Blueitt ‘81, USAF. Don’t miss out on her talk about the importance of Respect by registering NOW using the link in bio!
About the speaker:
Colonel (retired) Pauletta D. Blueitt ’81 is a native of Nacogdoches, Texas. Upon graduation from high school, she was awarded a 4-year Air Force ROTC scholarship and joined the Fightin’ Texas Aggies Corps of Cadets in the Fall of 1977 as a member of the fourth freshman class of women in the Corps. Pauletta graduated from Texas A&M University in 1981 with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Management and was commissioned as an ROTC Distinguished Graduate and 2nd Lieutenant into the U.S. Air Force. She received her Master of Health Administration degree with Honors from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO in 1989.
Col (ret) Blueitt served as a Health Care Executive in the Air Force for 28 ½ years, retiring in 2009. She was the first African American female to attain the rank of O-6 in her career field, the Medical Service Corps, and is a Life Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.
In 2015, Col (ret) Blueitt and her husband, COL (U.S. Army retired) Odis R. Blueitt ‘82, established an endowed scholarship for students pursuing an undergraduate degree from the School of Public Health (SPH), with a preference for members of the Corps. In 2021, Col (ret) Blueitt was the first female to be inducted into the TAMU Corps of Cadets Hall of Honor. She currently serves as Association of Former Students Representative-at-Large, Chairman of the SPH External Advisory Committee to the Dean, and is a member of the SPH Development Council, Corps of Cadets Board of Visitors, Corps of Cadets Association, Black Former Student Network, and she is a major donor to the Minerva’s Finest Endowed Scholarship, which honors the contributions of Women in the Corps. She is also a proud Silver Life member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Alpha Alpha Xi Omega Chapter.