Charles C. Edwards (September 16, 1923 – August 7, 2011) was an American
physician
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who served as
Commissioner of Food and Drugs
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from 1969 to 1973 and as the
United States Assistant Secretary for Health
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from 1973 to 1975. He died on August 7, 2011, in
San Diego
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,
California
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at age 87.
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1923 births
2011 deaths
20th-century American physicians
Commissioners of the Food and Drug Administration
Nixon administration personnel
Ford administration personnel
Physicians from California
Members of the National Academy of Medicine
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