Jesse Leonard Steinfeld
United States Surgeon general (1927-2014)
Jesse Leonard Steinfeld (6 January 1927 – 5 August 2014) was an American physician and public health official. He was appointed the eleventh Surgeon General of the United States from 1969 to 1973.
Jesse Leonard Steinfeld | |
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| 11th Surgeon General of the United States | |
| In office 18 December 1969 – 30 June 1973 | |
| President | Richard M. Nixon |
| Preceded by | William H. Stewart |
| Succeeded by | Julius B. Richmond |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 January 1927 Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Died | 5 August 2014 (aged 87) Pomona, California, USA |
| Political party | Republican |
| Children | Susan Steinfeld |
| Alma mater | University of Pittsburgh, Case Western Reserve University |
Steinfeld died on 5 August 2014 from complications from a stroke in Pomona, California, aged 87.[1]
References
change- ↑ "Surgeon general who fought tobacco dies at 87". Heraldnet.com. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
Other websites
change- Office of Public Health and Science (4 January 2007). "Office of the Surgeon General: Jesse Leonard Steinfeld (1969-1973)". U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Archived from the original on 2008-09-16. Retrieved 2008-01-17.