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Minnie Joycelyn Elders (born Minnie Lee Jones; August 13, 1933) 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 ...
Joycelyn Elders (born 1933) September 8, 1993 December 31, 1994 1 year, 114 days – Rear Admiral Audrey F. Manley (born 1934) Acting: January 1, 1995 July 1, 1997 2 years, 180 days – Rear Admiral J. Jarrett Clinton (1938–2023) Acting: July 2, 1997 February 12, 1998 226 days 16 Admiral [a] David Satcher (born 1941) February 13, 1998 ...
Joycelyn may refer to: Joycelyn Elders (born 1933), American pediatrician, Surgeon General of the United States; Joycelyn Harrison (born 1964), African-American engineer, Associate Dean at Kent State University; Joycelyn Ko (born 1986), former Canadian badminton player; Joycelyn O'Brien, American actress in theater, film and television
Joycelyn Elders (born 1933), United States Surgeon General; Judyann Elder (born 1948), American actress, director, and writer; Larry Elder (born 1952), American broadcaster and talk show host; Lauren Elder, American artist and designer; Lauren Elder (born 1990), American sculptor; Lee Elder (1934–2021), American professional golfer
Joycelyn Elders: 1952 former Surgeon General of the United States: Stephanie Flowers: Arkansas State Senator since 2011 and former member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from Pine Bluff [11] Scipio Africanus Jones: coursework before transfer to Shorter College: lawyer and businessman Calvin King: 1975
Dr. James Robert Lincoln Diggs became the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. in Sociology from Illinois Wesleyan University, and the ninth to receive a doctorate of any kind. Diggs went on to became an influential college president, scholar, social activist, and pastor.
Charles Addams (1933), New Yorker cartoonist known for macabre drawings and creator of The Addams Family; Ralph Arlyck (1962), documentary filmmaker who has won many awards at film festivals including Sundance and Cannes; Ivy Austin (1979), television and radio actress (A Prairie Home Companion, Sesame Street) Ken Baker (1992), E! Chief News ...
First African-American appointed Surgeon General of the United States: Joycelyn Elders; First African American to serve as home plate umpire for World Series game: Charlie Williams for Game 4 of the 1993 World Series; Charley Pride First African American to be inducted as a member of the Grand Ole Opry: Charley Pride [285]