James O. Mason
| James O. Mason | |
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| Second Quorum of the Seventy | |
| April 2, 1994 – October 7, 2000 | |
| End reason | Honorably released |
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Surgeon General of the United States Acting |
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| In office | |
| October 1, 1989 – March 3, 1990 | |
| Predecessor | C. Everett Koop |
| Successor | Antonia Novello |
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| Born |
James Ostermann Mason June 19, 1930 Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
James Ostermann Mason (born June 19, 1930) is an American physician and public health administrator. He was the United States Assistant Secretary for Health (ASH) from 1989 to 1993 and the Acting Surgeon General of the United States from 1989 to 1990. As the ASH he was also a former four-star admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. He was also a director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Mason earned B.A. and M.D. degrees from the University of Utah and a masters and Ph.D. of Public Health degrees from Harvard University. He was the first managing director of the LDS Church's Unified Welfare Services, directing the church's hospital system. He served as the executive director of the Utah Department of Health until 1983, when he was named director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia; Mason held the directorship of the CDC until 1990. In 1993, he was presented with the Gorgas Medal from the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States (AMSUS).
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