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Jesse Leonard Steinfeld, American physician and academic, 11th Surgeon General of the United States (born 1927)

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Jesse Leonard Steinfeld

United States Surgeon general

Jesse Leonard Steinfeld was an American physician and public health official. He was appointed the eleventh surgeon general of the United States from 1969 to 1973.
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Surgeon General of the United States

Head of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps

The surgeon general of the United States is the operational head of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC) and thus the leading spokesperson on matters of public health in the federal government of the United States. The surgeon general's office and…
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August 5

Day of the year

August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 148 days remain until the end of the year.
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