predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place title birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
julius b. richmond c. everett koop 26 august 2007 oklahoma city , oklahoma , usa oklahoma city , oklahoma , usa surgeon general of the united states -lrb- acting -rrb- 03 july 1933 may 14 , 1981 edward brandt , jr. .
 january 21 , 1982 edward n. brandt , jr. .
edward brandt , jr. .

edward n. brandt , jr. .
md -lrb- july 3 , 1933 -- august 26 , 2007 -rrb- was an american physician , mathematician , and public health administrator .
he was appointed acting surgeon general of the united states from 1981 to 1982 , and served as the united states assistant secretary for health from 1981 to 1984 .
in 1984 , possibly under pressure from `` pro-family '' groups , he was dismissed from his role in the reagan administration for planning to attend a lesbian group hoping to help the victims of aids .
born in oklahoma city , brandt graduated with a md and phd in biostatistics from the university of oklahoma school of medicine .
he was a faculty member from his alma mater from 1961 to 1970 before moving to the university of texas at galveston -lrb- 1970-1981 -rrb- , university of maryland at baltimore -lrb- 1981-1989 -rrb- and university of oklahoma school of medicine -lrb- 1989-2007 -rrb- .
brandt died of lung cancer on august 26 , 2007 .
he was 74 years old .
his papers were donated to the national library of medicine .
