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A career
United States Public Health Service
officer, Dr. Whitney was
appointed deputy surgeon general September 1 , 1992 . Since 1971 , he
held a number of positions of increasing responsibility in
the National Institutes Of Health . From 1989 to 1992 , he was
director of the NIH National Center For Research Resources .

Prior to joining PHS, Dr. Whitney was director of the U.S.
Army training program in laboratory animal medicine and served a
year in Vietnam ( 1970 ) as commander of a
Veterinary Medical
detachment.

Whitney was born in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma , July 17 , 1935 . He
received his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine degree from
Oklahoma State University
in 1959 and his master's in Pharmacology from
Ohio State University in 1965 .

He is a diplomate of the American College Of Laboratory Animal Medicine
and served as chief veterinary officer of the
Public Health Service from 1985 - 1989 . His awards include
United States Public Health Service Distinguished Service Medal
and the Army Legion Of Merit .

  Title Surgeon General Of The United States (acting)
  Before Antonia Coello Novello
  After Joycelyn Elders
  Years July 1 , 1993 &ndash September 8 , 1993


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