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Department of Health
and Human Services* Secretaries
| Name |
In Office from |
To |
| Oveta Culp Hobby |
Apr. 11, 1953 |
July 31, 1955 |
| Marion B. Folsom |
Aug. 1, 1955 |
July 31, 1958 |
| Arthur S. Flemming |
Aug. 1, 1958 |
Jan. 1, 1961 |
| Abraham A. Ribicoff |
Jan. 20, 1961 |
July 13, 1962 |
| Anthony J. Celebrezze |
July 31, 1962 |
Aug. 17, 1965 |
| John W. Gardner |
Aug. 18, 1965 |
Feb. 29, 1968 |
| Wilbur J. Cohen |
May 9, 1968 |
Jan. 19, 1969 |
| Robert H. Finch |
Jan. 22, 1969 |
June 24, 1970 |
| Elliot L. Richardson |
June 24, 1970 |
Jan. 29, 1973 |
| Caspar W. Weinberger |
Feb. 12, 1973 |
Aug. 10, 1975 |
| David Mathews |
Aug. 8, 1975 |
Jan. 20, 1977 |
| Joseph A. Califano, Jr. |
Jan. 26, 1977 |
July 19, 1979 |
| Patricia Roberts Harris |
July 27, 1979 |
Jan. 19, 1981 |
| Richard S. Schweiker |
Jan. 22, 1981 |
Feb. 3, 1983 |
| Margaret M. Heckler |
Mar. 9, 1983 |
Dec. 12, 1985 |
| Otis R. Bowen |
Dec. 13, 1985 |
Jan. 20, 1989 |
| Louis Sullivan |
Mar. 1, 1989 |
Jan. 1993 |
| Donna Shalala |
Jan. 22, 1993 |
Jan. 19, 2001 |
| Tommy G. Thompson |
Feb. 2, 2001 |
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*Name changed from Department of Health, Education,
and Welfare on May 14, 1980; separate Department of Education formed.
Surgeons General of the Public
Health Service
| Name |
In Office from |
To |
| John Maynard Woodworth |
April 1871 |
Mar. 14, 18791 |
| John B. Hamilton |
Apr. 3, 1879 |
May 31, 18912 |
| Walter Wyman |
June 1, 1891 |
Nov. 21, 19113 |
| Rupert Blue |
Jan. 13, 1912 |
Mar. 1, 19204 |
| Hugh Smith Cumming |
Mar. 3, 1920 |
Jan. 31, 19365 |
| Thomas Parran |
Apr. 6, 1936 |
Apr. 5, 1948 |
| Leonard A. Scheele |
Apr. 6, 1948 |
Aug. 2, 1956 |
| Leroy E. Burney |
Aug. 8, 1956 |
Jan. 29, 1961 |
| Luther L. Terry |
Mar. 24, 1961 |
Oct. 1, 1965 |
| William H. Stewart |
Oct. 2, 1965 |
Aug. 1, 1969 |
| Jessee L. Steinfeld |
Dec. 18, 1969 |
Jan. 20, 1973 |
| Julius B. Richmond |
July 13, 1977 |
Jan. 20, 1981 |
| C. Everett Koop |
Nov. 16, 1981 |
Oct. 1, 1988 |
| Antonio Novello |
Mar. 9, 1989 |
June 30, 1993 |
| Joycelyn Elders |
Sept. 7, 1993 |
1994 |
| David Satcher |
Feb. 13, 1998 |
Jan. 31, 2001 |
| Richard Carmona |
July 23, 2002 |
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1 Served as supervising surgeon of the Marine Hospital
Service until March 3, 1875, when his title was changed to supervising
Surgeon General.
2 Surgeon General, Marine Hospital Service.
3 Surgeon General, Marine Hospital Service, and Surgeon General, Public
Health and Marine Hospital Service (after July 1, 1902).
4 Surgeon General, Public Health and Marine Hospital Service, and Surgeon
General, PHS (after August 14, 1912).
5 Surgeon General, PHS.
DHHS Assistant Secretaries
for Health*
| Name |
In Office from |
To |
| Philip R. Lee |
Nov. 2, 1965 |
Feb. 16, 1969 |
| Roger O. Egeberg |
July 14, 1969 |
June 10, 1971 |
| Merlin K. DuVal |
July 1, 1971 |
Dec. 15, 1972 |
| Charles C. Edwards |
Apr. 18, 1973 |
Jan. 21, 1975 |
| Theodore Cooper |
July 1, 1975 |
Jan. 20, 1977 |
| Julius B. Richmond |
July 13, 1977 |
Jan. 20, 1981 |
| Edward N. Brandt, Jr. |
May 14, 1981 |
December 1984 |
| James Mason (Acting) |
December 1984 |
June 1986 |
| Robert E. Windom |
June 23, 1986 |
Mar. 5, 1989 |
| James O. Mason |
Apr. 21, 1989 |
Jan. 20, 1992 |
| Philip R. Lee |
July 2, 1992 |
Jan. 21, 1997 |
| David Satcher |
Feb. 13, 1998 |
Jan. 31, 2001 |
| Eve E. Slater |
Feb. 8, 2002 |
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*Title was changed from assistant secretary for health
and scientific affairs, November 1972.
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