CDC grew out of a wartime program: Malaria Control in War Areas (MCWA), headquartered in Atlanta. CDC continued its work and became the nation's lead public health agency. These are the people who have led it.
David J. Sencer, director from 1966 to 1977, for whom the CDC Museum is named. Credit: CDC.
| Years | Director |
|---|---|
| 1942–1943 | L.L. Williams, MD — MCWA director |
| 1944–1946 | Mark D. Hollis, ScD — MCWA executive officer |
| 1947–1951 | Raymond A. Vonderlehr, MD |
| 1952–1953 | Justin M. Andrews, ScD |
| 1953–1956 | Theodore J. Bauer, MD |
| 1956–1960 | Robert J. Anderson, MD, MPH |
| 1960–1962 | Clarence A. Smith, MD, MPH |
| 1962–1966 | James L. Goddard, MD, MPH |
| 1966–1977 | David J. Sencer, MD, MPH |
| 1977–1983 | William H. Foege, MD, MPH |
| 1983–1989 | James O. Mason, MD, DrPH |
| 1990–1993 | William L. Roper, MD, MPH |
| 1993–1998 | David Satcher, MD, PhD |
| 1998–2002 | Jeffrey P. Koplan, MD, MPH |
| 2002–2009 | Julie L. Gerberding, MD, MPH |
| 2009–2017 | Tom Frieden, MD, MPH |
| 2017–2018 | Brenda Fitzgerald, MD |
| 2018–2021 | Robert R. Redfield, MD |
| 2021–2023 | Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH |
How the agency began is told in How CDC Began.
Sources
Based on "Past CDC Directors/Administrators" from the David J. Sencer CDC Museum, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a work of the United States government in the public domain.
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Licence: CC0 1.0 (public domain) · Adapted from www.cdc.gov
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