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Otis R. Bowen

Otis R Bowen
Personal data
Date of birthFebruary 26, 1918(age 95)
Place of birthFulton County, Indiana
Political partyRepublican
SpouseCarol Hahn Bowen
Children4
Alma materIndiana University
ProfessionPhysician
ReligionLutheran
Military service
Service/branchUnited States Army
Years of service1943-1946
16th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
In officeDecember 13, 1985 - January 20, 1989
PresidentRonald Reagan
Succeeded byLouis Wade Sullivan
Preceded byMargaret Heckler
44th Governor of Indiana
In officeJanuary 8, 1973 - January 12, 1981
LieutenantRobert D. Orr
Succeeded byRobert D. Orr
Preceded byEdgar D. Whitcomb

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Otis Ray Bowen, M.D. (born February 26, 1918) is a retired U.S. politician and physician. He served as the 44th Governor of Indiana from 1973 to 1981 and as Secretary of Health and Human Services from 1985 to 1989.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Edgar D. Whitcomb		Governor of Indiana
1973 - 1981		Succeeded by
Robert D. Orr
Preceded by
Margaret Heckler		U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services
1985 - 1989		Succeeded by
Louis W. Sullivan

United States Secretaries of Health and Human Services - (previously United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare)

Secretaries of Heath,
Education, and Welfare		Hobby * Folsom * Flemming * Ribicoff * Celebrezze * Gardner * Cohen * Finch * Richardson * Weinberger * Mathews * Califano * Harris
Secretaries of Health
and Human Services		Harris * Schweiker * Heckler * Bowen * Sullivan * Shalala * Thompson * Leavitt * Sebelius

Governors of Indiana

Territorial (1800 - 1816)Harrison * Posey
State (since 1816)Jennings * Boon * W. Hendricks * Ray * Noble * Wallace * Bigger * J. Whitcomb * Dunning * Wright * Willard * Hammond * Lane * Morton * Baker * T. Hendricks * Williams * Gray * Porter * Gray * Hovey * Chase * Matthews * Mount * Durbin * Hanly * Marshall * Ralston * Goodrich * McCray * Branch * Jackson * Leslie * McNutt * Townsend * Schricker * Gates * Schricker * Craig * Handley * Welsh * Branigin * E. Whitcomb * Bowen * Orr * Bayh * O'Bannon * Kernan * Daniels

Chairs of the National Governors Association

Willson * McGovern * Walsh * Spry * Capper * Harrington * Allen * Sproul * Cox * Trinkle * Brewster * McMullen * Dern * Case * Pollard * Rolph * McNutt * Peery * Cochran * Stark * Vanderbilt * Stassen * O'Conor * Saltonstall * Maw * Martin * Caldwell * Hildreth * Hunt * Lane * Carlson * Lausche * Peterson * Shivers * Thornton * Kennon * Langlie * Stanley * Stratton * Collins * Boggs * McNichols * Powell * Rosellini * Anderson * Sawyer * Reed * Guy * Volpe * Ellington * Love * Hearnes * Moore * Mandel * Evans * Rampton * Ray * Andrus * Askew * Milliken * Carroll * Bowen * Busbee * Snelling * Matheson * J. Thompson * Carlin * Alexander * Clinton * Sununu * Baliles * Branstad * Gardner * Ashcroft * Romer * Campbell * Dean * T. Thompson * Miller * Voinovich * Carper * Leavitt * Glendening * Engler * Patton * Kempthorne * Warner * Huckabee * Napolitano * Pawlenty * Rendell * Douglas * Manchin

Reagan cabinet

Cabinet
Secretary of StateAlexander M. Haig, Jr. (1981 �1982) * George P. Shultz (1982 �1989)
Secretary of the TreasuryDonald T. Regan (1981 �1985) * James A. Baker, III (1985 �1988) * Nicholas F. Brady (1988 �1989)
Secretary of DefenseCaspar Weinberger (1981 �1987) * Frank C. Carlucci (1987 �1989)
Attorney GeneralWilliam French Smith (1981 �1985) * Edwin Meese III (1985 �1988) * Richard L. Thornburgh (1988 �1989)
Secretary of the InteriorJames G. Watt (1981 �1983) * William P. Clark, Jr. (1983 �1985) * Donald P. Hodel (1985 �1989)
Secretary of AgricultureJohn R. Block (1981 �1986) * Richard E. Lyng (1986 �1989)
Secretary of CommerceMalcolm Baldrige, Jr. (1981 �1987) * C. William Verity, Jr. (1987 �1989)
Secretary of LaborRaymond J. Donovan (1981 �1985) * William E. Brock (1985 �1987) * Ann Dore McLaughlin (1987 �1989)
Secretary of Health and Human ServicesRichard S. Schweiker (1981 �1983) * Margaret M. Heckler (1983 �1985) * Otis R. Bowen (1985 �1989)
Secretary of EducationT. H. Bell (1981 �1985) * William J. Bennett (1985 �1988) * Lauro F. Cavazos (1988 �1989)
Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentSamuel R. Pierce, Jr. (1981 �1989)
Secretary of TransportationAndrew L. Lewis, Jr. (1981 �1983) * Elizabeth H. Dole (1983 �1987) * James H. Burnley IV (1988 �1989)
Secretary of EnergyJames B. Edwards (1981 �1983) * Donald P. Hodel (1983 �1985) * John S. Herrington (1985 �1989)
Cabinet-level
Vice PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush (1981 �1989)
Director of Central IntelligenceWilliam J. Casey (1981 �1987) * William H. Webster (1987 �1989)
Ambassador to the United NationsJeane J. Kirkpatrick (1981 �1985) * Vernon A. Walters (1985 �1989)
Trade RepresentativeWilliam E. Brock, III (1981 �1985) * Clayton K. Yeutter (1985 �1989)



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