Minnie Joycelyn Elders is an American pediatrician and public health administrator who served as Surgeon General of the United States from 1993 to 1994. A vice admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, she was the second woman, second person of color, and first African American to serve as Surgeon General.
Joycelyn Elders
The Dr. Joycelyn Elders School of Allied and Public Health at Philander Smith College
Surgeon General of the United States
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 staff are known as the Office of the Surgeon General (OSG), which is housed within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health.
Surgeon General of the United States
Image: John M. Woodworth
Image: Surgeon General John B. Hamilton
Image: Walter Wyman, ca. 1898 (B026910)