Charles C. Edwards | |
Office1: | 4th United States Assistant Secretary for Health |
President1: | Richard Nixon Gerald Ford |
Term Start1: | April 18, 1973 |
Term End1: | January 5, 1975 |
Predecessor1: | Merlin K. DuVal |
Successor1: | Theodore Cooper |
Office2: | 10th Commissioner of Food and Drugs |
President2: | Richard Nixon |
Term Start2: | December 13, 1969 |
Term End2: | March 15, 1973 |
Predecessor2: | Herbert L. Ley Jr. |
Successor2: | Alexander M. Schmidt |
Birth Date: | 16 September 1923 |
Birth Place: | Overton, Nebraska, US |
Death Place: | San Diego, California, US |
Party: | Republican |
Charles C. Edwards (September 16, 1923 – August 7, 2011) was an American physician who served as Commissioner of Food and Drugs from 1969 to 1973 and as the United States Assistant Secretary for Health from 1973 to 1975.[1] He died on August 7, 2011, in San Diego, California at age 87.[2]