James W. Holsinger
Politician
1939 –
Who is James W. Holsinger?
James Wilson Holsinger, Jr., is an American physician. A former major general in the U.S. Army Reserve, he has worked primarily in public health for over thirty years. He served as the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health from 1990 to 1993, during the administrations of George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton. From 1994 to 2003, Holsinger was the Chancellor of the University of Kentucky's Chandler Medical Center. From 2003 to 2005 he served as Kentucky's Secretary of Health and Family Services.
On May 24, 2007, President George W. Bush nominated Holsinger to become the Surgeon General of the United States. Holsinger's nomination became controversial and was never voted on by the Senate due to, according to his critics, anti-gay bias in his work in the United Methodist Church where he voted to expel a lesbian pastor and for a 1991 report where he characterized gay sex as unnatural and unhealthy. In January 2009, instead, Bush appointed Holsinger to fill a vacant unpaid position on the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports to expire May 2010.
Holsinger obtained his medical degree in 1964 and a Ph.D. in anatomy in 1968, both from Duke University.
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- Born
- May 11, 1939
Kansas City - Also known as
- James Holsinger
- Spouses
- Religion
- Methodism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Asbury Theological Seminary
- University of Kentucky
- Duke University
- University of South Carolina
- Employment
- University of Kentucky
- Lived in
- Kentucky
- Lexington
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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