Mary Willis (US Army officer)

Mary Catherine Willis (born January 31, 1940) is a retired US Army brigadier general.

The first female US Army Officer administrator at West Point, Willis was instrumental in the integration of women cadets at West Point in Summer 1976, overseeing three classes from 1976 to 1979. She has also been an advocate in the integration and fair treatment of women across all ranks of the US Army.

A native of Maryland, Willis joined the Army in 1963 and served in Virginia, Korea, Chicago, and Alabama before West Point, followed by two assignments in Germany and one at the Pentagon until her military retirement in 1993. She has subsequently worked in Washington, D.C., and for her alma mater in Maryland's Eastern Shore.