HEALTH · CA · 1956-1964
Malcolm H. Merrill
State Health Officer · California
Background
California's State Health Officer 1956–1964: Malcolm H. Merrill — 8-year tenure. Took office after Wilton L. Halverson; succeeded by Lester Breslow. Same-year political environment (1956): Governor Goodwin Knight.
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Others who held this office in California
- S. Kimberly Belshé (1993-1999)
- Molly Joel Coye (1991-1993)
- Kenneth W. Kizer (1985-1991)
- Peter Rank (1983-1986)
- Beverlee Myers (1978-1983)
- Jerome A. Lackner (1975-1978)
- James L. Lobaugh (1973-1975)
- Lester Breslow (1968-1972)
- Wilton L. Halverson (1947-1956)