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Department of Health and Human Services*
Mike Leavitt, Secretary, HHS
Kenneth P. Moritsugu (Acting), Surgeon General
of the Public Health Service
Chronology of HHS Secretaries
| Name |
In Office from |
To |
| Oveta Culp Hobby |
April 11, 1953 |
July 31, 1955 |
| Marion B. Folsom |
August 1, 1955 |
July 31, 1958 |
| Arthur S. Flemming |
August 1, 1958 |
January 1, 1961 |
| Abraham A. Ribicoff |
January 20, 1961 |
July 13, 1962 |
| Anthony J. Celebrezze |
July 31, 1962 |
August 17, 1965 |
| John W. Gardner |
August 18, 1965 |
February 29, 1968 |
| Wilbur J. Cohen |
May 9, 1968 |
January 19, 1969 |
| Robert H. Finch |
January 22, 1969 |
June 24, 1970 |
| Elliot L. Richardson |
June 24, 1970 |
January 29, 1973 |
| Caspar W. Weinberger |
February 12, 1973 |
August 10, 1975 |
| David Mathews |
August 8, 1975 |
January 20, 1977 |
| Joseph A. Califano, Jr. |
January 26, 1977 |
July 19, 1979 |
| Patricia Roberts Harris |
July 27, 1979 |
January 19, 1981 |
| Richard S. Schweiker |
January 22, 1981 |
February 3, 1983 |
| Margaret M. Heckler |
March 9, 1983 |
December 12, 1985 |
| Otis R. Bowen |
December 13, 1985 |
January 20, 1989 |
| Louis Sullivan |
March 1, 1989 |
January1993 |
| Donna Shalala |
January 22, 1993 |
January 19, 2001 |
| Tommy G. Thompson |
February 2, 2001 |
January 25, 2005 |
| Mike Leavitt |
January 26, 2005 |
present |
*Name changed from Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
on May 14, 1980; separate Department of Education formed.
Chronology of Surgeons General of the Public Health
Service
| Name |
In Office from |
To |
| John Maynard Woodworth |
April 1871 |
March 14, 18791 |
| John B. Hamilton |
April 3, 1879 |
May 31, 18912 |
| Walter Wyman |
June 1, 1891 |
November 21, 19113 |
| Rupert Blue |
January 13, 1912 |
March 1, 19204 |
| Hugh Smith Cumming |
March 3, 1920 |
January 31, 19365 |
| Thomas Parran |
April 6, 1936 |
April 5, 1948 |
| Leonard A. Scheele |
April 6, 1948 |
August 2, 1956 |
| Leroy E. Burney |
August 8, 1956 |
January 29, 1961 |
| Luther L. Terry |
March 24, 1961 |
October 1, 1965 |
| William H. Stewart |
October 2, 1965 |
August 1, 1969 |
| Jessee L. Steinfeld |
December 18, 1969 |
January 20, 1973 |
| Julius B. Richmond |
July 13, 1977 |
January 20, 1981 |
| C. Everett Koop |
November 16, 1981 |
October 1, 1988 |
| Antonia Novello |
March 9, 1989 |
June 30, 1993 |
| Joycelyn Elders |
September 7, 1993 |
1994 |
| David Satcher |
February 13, 1998 |
January 31, 2001 |
| Richard Carmona |
July 23, 2002 |
July 29, 2006 |
| Kenneth P. Moritsugu (Acting) |
July 30, 2006 |
Present |
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.
This page was last reviewed on
July 18, 2007
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