Former U.S. Surgeon General to Speak at UA Law School
WHAT: An address by former U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders on public health policy issues during the President Bill Clinton administration.
WHO: Dr. Elders was appointed by President Clinton to become surgeon general of the Public Health Service in 1993 where she was the first African-American to serve in the position. She resigned as surgeon general 1994 and returned to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences as a professor of pediatrics. She is currently a professor emeritus in the College of Medicine and distinguished professor in the College of Public Health at UAMS.
WHEN: 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 9, 2005.
WHERE: Room 328 of the Leflar Law Center at the University of Arkansas School of Law.
ADDITIONAL INFO: The media and public are invited to attend the lecture. Visitor parking is available in the Union parking deck on Stadium Dr.
Contacts
Frankie Frisco, communications coordinator, School of Law, (479) 575-6111, ffrisco@uark.eduHeadlines
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