William H. Stewart
| William H. Stewart | |
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| 10th Surgeon General of the United States | |
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In office October 1, 1965 – August 1, 1969 |
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| President |
Lyndon B. Johnson Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Luther Leonidas Terry |
| Succeeded by | Jesse Leonard Steinfeld |
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| Born |
May 19, 1921 Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA |
| Died | April 23, 2008 (aged 86) Metairie, Louisiana, USA |
William H. Stewart (May 19, 1921 – April 23, 2008) was an American pediatrician and epidemiologist. He was appointed tenth Surgeon General of the United States from 1965 to 1969.
Stewart was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He began college at the University of Minnesota and completed his undergraduate degree at Louisiana State University (LSU) (1942), after his father moved the family to Baton Rouge during World War II to chair the pediatrics department at LSU. Stewart earned his medical degree through an accelerated program at the LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, under the auspices of the U.S. Army's Specialized Training Program. After graduating in 1945, he received a commission as a first lieutenant, kept an inactive status during his 9-month internship at Philadelphia General Hospital, and then served as a Medical Officer at Brooke General Hospital in San Antonio, Texas (1946–1947). After a brief stint at the Minneapolis Veterans Administration hospital at Fort Snelling, Stewart returned home to Baton Rouge for a 2-year pediatrics residency at Charity Hospital (1948–1950). His plans to enter private practice were cut short by the outbreak of the Korean War and his remaining military obligation.
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