Otis Bowen

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Otis Bowen
16th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
In office December 13, 1985 – January 20, 1989
President	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Margaret Heckler
Succeeded by	Louis W. Sullivan
Chair of the National Governors Association
In office July 10, 1979 – August 5, 1980
Preceded by	Julian Carroll
Succeeded by	George Busbee
44th Governor of Indiana
In office January 8, 1973 – January 12, 1981
Lieutenant	Robert Orr
Preceded by	Edgar Whitcomb
Succeeded by	Robert Orr
Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives
In office November 9, 1966 – November 8, 1972
Preceded by	Richard Clay Bodine[1]
Succeeded by	Kermit Owen Burrous
Member of the Indiana House of Representatives
In office November 9, 1960 – November 8, 1972
Preceded by	Forest Nelson McLaughlin
Succeeded by	James Lowell Drews
Constituency	8th district
In office November 7, 1956 – November 5, 1958
Preceded by	Raymonde Alexis Clarke[1]
Succeeded by	Forest Nelson McLaughlin
Constituency	Marshall County
Personal details
Born	Otis Ray Bowen (1918-02-26)February 26, 1918 Fulton County, Indiana, US
Died	May 4, 2013(2013-05-04) (aged 95) Donaldson, Indiana, US
Political party	Republican
Spouses	Elizabeth Steinmann ​ ​ (m. 1939; died 1981)​ Rose Hochstetler ​ ​ (m. 1981; died 1991)​ Carol Hahn ​ (m. 1992)​
Children	4
Education	Indiana University, Bloomington (BA) Indiana University, Indianapolis (MD)
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1943–1946
Battles/wars	World War II

Otis Ray Bowen (February 26, 1918 – May 4, 2013) was an American politician and physician who served as the 44th Governor of Indiana from 1973 to 1981 and as Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Cabinet of President Ronald Reagan from 1985 to 1989.