Past Assistant Secretaries
The table below includes both the various titles of this post over time, as well as all the holders of those offices.
| Name | Tenure | SecDef(s) Served Under | President(s) Served Under |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman, Armed Forces Medical Policy Council | |||
| Dr. Raymond B. Allen | July 5, 1949 – September 30, 1949 | Louis A. Johnson | Harry Truman |
| Dr. Richard L. Meiling | October 1, 1949 - January 2, 1951 | Louis A. Johnson George C. Marshall |
Harry Truman |
| Dr. William R. Lovelace | July 1, 1951 - March 31, 1952 | George C. Marshall Robert A. Lovett |
Harry Truman |
| Dr. Melvin A. Casberg | April 1, 1952 - March 31, 1953 | Robert A. Lovett Charles E. Wilson |
Harry Truman Dwight Eisenhower |
| Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) | |||
| Dr. Melvin A. Casberg | April 1, 1953 - August 2, 1953 | Charles E. Wilson | Dwight Eisenhower |
| Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health and Medical) | |||
| Dr. Melvin A. Casberg | August 3, 1953 - January 27, 1954 | Charles E. Wilson | Dwight Eisenhower |
| Dr. Frank B. Berry | January 28, 1954 - January 31, 1961 | Charles E. Wilson Neil H. McElroy Thomas S. Gates |
Dwight Eisenhower John Kennedy |
| Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health and Environment) | |||
| Dr. Louis M. Rousselot | July 22, 1970 - July 1, 1971 | Melvin R. Laird | Richard Nixon |
| Dr. Richard Sloan Wilbur | July 27, 1971 - September 1, 1973 | Melvin R. Laird Elliot L. Richardson James R. Schlesinger |
Richard Nixon |
| Dr. James R. Cowan | February 19, 1974 - March 1, 1976 | James R. Schlesinger Donald H. Rumsfeld |
Richard Nixon Gerald Ford |
| Vernon McKenzie (Acting) | March 2, 1976 - March 8, 1976 | Donald H. Rumsfeld | Gerald Ford |
| Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) | |||
| Dr. Robert N. Smith | August 30, 1976 - January 7, 1978 | Donald H. Rumsfeld Harold Brown |
Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter |
| Vernon McKenzie (Acting) | January 8, 1978 - August 14, 1979 | Harold Brown | Jimmy Carter |
| Dr. John Moxley III | September 14, 1979 - August 9, 1981 | Harold Brown Caspar W. Weinberger |
Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan |
| Dr. John Beary (Acting) | August 10, 1981 - September 24, 1983 | Caspar W. Weinberger | Ronald Reagan |
| Vernon McKenzie (Acting) | September 25, 1983 - November 17, 1983 | Caspar W. Weinberger | Ronald Reagan |
| Dr. William Mayer | November 18, 1983 - April 21, 1989 | Caspar W. Weinberger Frank C. Carlucci III William Howard Taft IV (Acting) Richard B. Cheney |
Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush |
| Dr. Enrique Mendez | March 5, 1990 - January 20, 1993 | Richard B. Cheney | George H. W. Bush |
| Dr. Edward D. Martin (Acting) | January 20, 1993 - March 23, 1994 | Leslie Aspin, Jr. William J. Perry |
William Clinton |
| Dr. Stephen C. Joseph | March 23, 1994 - March 31, 1997 | William J. Perry William S. Cohen |
William Clinton |
| Dr. Edward D. Martin (Acting) | April 1, 1997 - February 28, 1998 | William S. Cohen | William Clinton |
| Gary Christopherson (Acting) | March 1, 1998 - May 25, 1998 | William S. Cohen | William Clinton |
| Dr. Sue Bailey | May 26, 1998 - August 10, 2000 | William S. Cohen | William Clinton |
| Dr. J. Jarrett Clinton | August 14, 2000 - October 29, 2001 | William S. Cohen Donald H. Rumsfeld |
William Clinton George W. Bush |
| Dr. William Winkenwerder, Jr. | October 29, 2001 - April 12, 2007 | Donald H. Rumsfeld | George W. Bush |
| Dr. S. Ward Casscells | April 12, 2007 - April 28, 2009 | Robert M. Gates | George W. Bush Barack Obama |
| Ellen Embrey (Acting*) | April 29, 2009 - January 31, 2010 | Robert M. Gates | Barack Obama |
| Allen W. Middleton (Acting*) | February 1, 2010 - February 28, 2010 | Robert M. Gates | Barack Obama |
| Dr. Charles L. Rice (Acting*) | March 1, 2010 - September 6, 2010 | Robert M. Gates | Barack Obama |
| Dr. George P. Taylor, Jr. (Acting*) | September 7, 2010 - December 22, 2010 | Robert M. Gates | Barack Obama |
| Dr. Jonathan Woodson | December 22, 2010 - | Robert M. Gates | Barack Obama |
Persons marked with a * are interim officials described in military documents as "Performing the Duties of the ASD/HA," rather than as "Acting"
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