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Otis R. Bowen

Secretary of Health and Human Services · 1985

Otis R. Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services. The Senate voted 93–2 on the nomination on Dec 12, 1985 (). Otis Ray Bowen (February 26, 1918 – May 4, 2013) was an American politician and physician who served as the 44th governor of Indiana from 1973 to 1981 and as Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Cabinet of President Ronald Reagan from 1985 to 1989. Bowen began his medical career in 1942. He served in the United States Army medical corps from 1943 to 1946 rising to the rank of captain.

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Positions

  • Secretary of Health and Human Services1985-12-13–1989-01-20

Senate confirmation votes

  • Secretary of health and human services
    99th Congress ·     93–2 · Dec 12, 1985

Biography

Otis Ray Bowen (February 26, 1918 – May 4, 2013) was an American politician and physician who served as the 44th governor of Indiana from 1973 to 1981 and as Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Cabinet of President Ronald Reagan from 1985 to 1989. Bowen began his medical career in 1942. He served in the United States Army medical corps from 1943 to 1946 rising to the rank of captain.

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