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Director of the Office of Medical Services

Creation of this Position

Title: Director of the Office of Medical Services
Name: Jerome M. Korcak
State of Residency: Virginia
Non-career appointee
Appointment: [Sep 7, 1980]
Termination of Appointment: Jul 13, 1984

Title: Director of the Office of Medical Services
Name: Eben H. Dustin
State of Residency: New Hampshire
Non-career appointee
Appointment: [Sep 30, 1984
Termination of Appointment: Oct 4, 1988

Title: Director of the Office of Medical Services
Name: Paul A. Goff
State of Residency: Washington
Non-career appointee
Appointment: [Oct 4, 1988]
Termination of Appointment: Jul 19, 1991

Title: Director of the Office of Medical Services
Name: LaRae Kemp
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Appointment: [Jul 19, 1991]
Termination of Appointment: Jan 7, 1994

Title: Director of the Office of Medical Services
Name: Elmore Rigamer
State of Residency: Louisiana
Foreign Service officer
Appointment: [Jan 10, 1994]
Termination of Appointment: Sep 30, 1996

Title: Director of the Office of Medical Services
Name: Cedric Dumont
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Appointment: Oct 1, 1996
Termination of Appointment:

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Creation of Position: In Sep 1980, the Department of State conferred a rank equivalent to an Assistant Secretary of State on the Director of the Office of Medical Services. All Directors have been designated, not commissioned. The first medical component in the Department dated from May 1947, when a Medical Director was detailed from the U.S. Public Health Service.

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