# James O. Mason

> James Ostermann Mason was an American medical doctor 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 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.

*American surgeon general (1930-2019)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1930-06-19
- **Died:** 2019-10-09
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

James Ostermann Mason was an American medical doctor 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 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.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 40.1
- **Momentum:** 14.8

## Sources
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6140558)

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