HEALTH · IL · 1977-1980
Joyce C. Lashof
State Health Officer · Illinois
On the record
First woman IL Public Health Director; later UC Berkeley SPH dean
Background
Illinois's State Health Officer 1977–1980: Joyce C. Lashof — 3-year tenure. Took office after Franklin D. Yoder; succeeded by Bernard J. Turnock. Note: First woman IL Public Health Director; later UC Berkeley SPH dean. Same-year political environment (1977): Governor James R. Thompson.
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Others who held this office in Illinois
- John R. Lumpkin (1991-2003)
- Bernard J. Turnock (1985-1990)
- Franklin D. Yoder (1957-1969)
- Roland R. Cross (1949-1957)