Alexander M. Schmidt

{{short description|Commissioner of Food and Drugs}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Alexander M. Schmidt

| image = Alexander M. Schmidt.gif

| caption =

| office = 11th Commissioner of Food and Drugs

| president = Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford

| term_start = July 20, 1973

| term_end = November 30, 1976

| predecessor = Charles C. Edwards

| successor = Donald Kennedy

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|1|26}}

| birth_place = Jamestown, North Dakota

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1991|1|28|1930|1|26}}

| death_place = Oak Park, Illinois

| party = Republican

}}

Alexander M. Schmidt (January 26, 1930 – January 28, 1991) was an American physician who served as Commissioner of Food and Drugs from 1973 to 1976.{{cite web|url=https://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/WhatWeDo/History/FOrgsHistory/Leaders/ucm093740.htm |title=Alexander M. Schmidt, M.D |publisher=Fda.gov |date= |accessdate=2017-12-13}}

He died of coronary artery disease on January 28, 1991, in Oak Park, Illinois, at age 61.{{cite web|last=Fowler |first=Glenn |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/30/obituaries/dr-alexander-m-schmidt-61-ex-food-and-drug-commissioner.html |title=Dr. Alexander M. Schmidt, 61, Ex-Food and Drug Commissioner |work=The New York Times |date=1991-01-30 |accessdate=2017-12-13}}