Dr. David Sencer dies at 86; CDC director from 1966 to '77
Thursday, May 5, 2011 - 00:00
in Health & Medicine
He left the agency amid criticism over a mass-vaccination campaign for a swine flu epidemic that never arose. He later headed New York City's health department at the height of the AIDS crisis.Dr. David Sencer, a prominent former federal health official whose career was tainted by controversy over a swine flu vaccination campaign in the 1970s, died Monday in an Atlanta hospital after a bout with pneumonia. He was 86.