William H. Stewart, 86; surgeon general fought tobacco industry
Thursday, May 1, 2008 - 23:21
in Health & Medicine
William H. Stewart, who as U.S. surgeon general from 1965 to 1969 led the federal anti-smoking crusade, called for warning labels on cigarette advertising and used the introduction of Medicare to desegregate hospitals throughout the country, died April 23 of kidney failure at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans. He was 86.