Historic State Health Officials

Thomas Miller

Title:

State Health Officer

State:

Alabama

Appointment date:

November 1, 2015

Departure date:

April 5, 2019

Tenure months:

41

Tenure years:

3.42

Governors:

Robert Bentley (R)

Donald Ellis Williamson

Title:

State Health Officer

State:

Alabama

Appointment date:

November 1, 1992

Departure date:

November 1, 2015

Tenure months:

276

Tenure years:

23.00

Governors:

Harrold Guy Hunt (D), James Elisha Folsom, Jr (D), Forrest Hood James (D,R), Eugene Siegelman (D), Bob Riley (R), Robert Bentley (R)

Claude Earl Fox, III

Title:

State Health Officer

State:

Alabama

Appointment date:

May 1, 1986

Departure date:

June 1, 1992

Tenure months:

73

Tenure years:

6.08

Governors:

George Corely Wallace (D), Harrold Guy Hunt (D)

Ira Lee Myers

Title:

State Health Officer

State:

Alabama

Appointment date:

January 1, 1963

Departure date:

April 1, 1986

Tenure months:

279

Tenure years:

23.25

Governors:

John Malcolm Patterson (D), George Corely Wallace (D), Lurleen Burns Wallace (D), Albert Preston Brewer (D), George Corely Wallace (D), Forrest Hood James (D,R), Corely Wallace (D)

Daniel Gordon Gill

Title:

State Health Officer

State:

Alabama

Appointment date:

October 1, 1947

Departure date:

December 1, 1962

Tenure months:

182

Tenure years:

15.17

Governors:

Unknown

Burton Forsyth Austin

Title:

State Health Officer

State:

Alabama

Appointment date:

April 1, 1942

Departure date:

September 30, 1946

Tenure months:

53

Tenure years:

4.42

Governors:

Unknown

Burton Forsyth Austin

Title:

Acting State Health Officer

State:

Alabama

Appointment date:

November 1, 1941

Departure date:

April 1, 1942

Tenure months:

5

Tenure years:

0.42

Governors:

Unknown

James Norment Baker

Title:

State Health Officer

State:

Alabama

Appointment date:

April 1, 1930

Departure date:

November 1, 1941

Tenure months:

139

Tenure years:

11.58

Governors:

Unknown

Stuart Graves

Title:

Acting State Health Officer

State:

Alabama

Appointment date:

July 1, 1929

Departure date:

April 30, 1930

Tenure months:

9

Tenure years:

0.75

Governors:

Unknown

Douglas Launeese Cannon

Title:

State Health Officer

State:

Alabama

Appointment date:

April 1, 1929

Departure date:

July 1, 1929

Tenure months:

3

Tenure years:

0.25

Governors:

Unknown

Douglas Launeese Cannon

Title:

Acting State Health Officer

State:

Alabama

Appointment date:

August 1, 1928

Departure date:

April 1, 1929

Tenure months:

8

Tenure years:

0.67

Governors:

Unknown

Samuel Wallace Welch

Title:

State Health Officer

State:

Alabama

Appointment date:

January 1, 1917

Departure date:

July 30, 1928

Tenure months:

138

Tenure years:

11.50

Governors:

Unknown

William Henry Sanders

Title:

State Health Officer

State:

Alabama

Appointment date:

August 1, 1896

Departure date:

January 1, 1917

Tenure months:

245

Tenure years:

20.42

Governors:

Unknown

Jerome Cochran

Title:

State Health Officer

State:

Alabama

Appointment date:

July 1, 1879

Departure date:

June 30, 1896

Tenure months:

204

Tenure years:

17.00

Governors:

Unknown

Jay Butler

Title:

Chief Medical Officer, and Director of Public Health

State:

Alaska

Appointment date:

December 5, 2014

Departure date:

April 5, 2019

Tenure months:

52

Tenure years:

4.33

Governors:

Bill Walker (I)

Ward Hurlburt

Title:

Chief Medical Officer, and Director of Public Health

State:

Alaska

Appointment date:

August 15, 2009

Departure date:

December 5, 2014

Tenure months:

63

Tenure years:

5.25

Governors:

Sean Parnell (R), Bill Walker (I)

Jay Butler

Title:

Chief Medical Officer, and Director of Public Health

State:

Alaska

Appointment date:

February 3, 2007

Departure date:

June 21, 2009

Tenure months:

28

Tenure years:

2.33

Governors:

Sarah Palin (R)

Deborah Erickson

Title:

Director of Public Health

State:

Alaska

Appointment date:

October 1, 2006

Departure date:

February 3, 2007

Tenure months:

4

Tenure years:

0.33

Governors:

Frank H. Murkowski (R), Sarah Palin (R)

Richard Mandsager

Title:

Director of Public Health

State:

Alaska

Appointment date:

July 1, 2004

Departure date:

October 1, 2006

Tenure months:

27

Tenure years:

2.25

Governors:

Frank H. Murkowski (R)

Douglas Bruce

Title:

State Health Official

State:

Alaska

Appointment date:

July 1, 2003

Departure date:

June 30, 2004

Tenure months:

11

Tenure years:

0.92

Governors:

Frank H. Murkowski (R)

Karen Pearson

Title:

State Health Official

State:

Alaska

Appointment date:

July 1, 2001

Departure date:

June 30, 2003

Tenure months:

23

Tenure years:

1.92

Governors:

Tony Knowles (D), Frank H. Murkowski (R)

Peter Nakamura

Title:

State Health Official

State:

Alaska

Appointment date:

July 1, 1991

Departure date:

June 30, 2000

Tenure months:

107

Tenure years:

8.92

Governors:

Walter J. Hickle (Alaska Independence), Tony Knowles (D)

Al Zangri

Title:

State Health Official

State:

Alaska

Appointment date:

July 1, 1991

Departure date:

June 30, 1991

Tenure months:

11

Tenure years:

0.92

Governors:

Walter J. Hickle (Alaska Independence), Tony Knowles (D)

Katherine A. Kelley

Title:

State Health Official

State:

Alaska

Appointment date:

July 1, 1989

Departure date:

June 30, 1990

Tenure months:

11

Tenure years:

0.92

Governors:

Steve Cowper (D)

Elizabeth Ward

Title:

State Health Official

State:

Alaska

Appointment date:

July 1, 1986

Departure date:

June 30, 1989

Tenure months:

35

Tenure years:

2.92

Governors:

Steve Cowper (D)