Stephen C. Joseph

{{short description|American politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Stephen C. Joseph

| image = Stephen C. Joseph.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Official portrait, 1994

| office1 = United States Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs

| president1 = Bill Clinton

| term_start1 = March 23, 1994

| term_end1 = March 31, 1997

| predecessor1 = Edward D. Martin (acting

| successor1 = Edward D. Martin (acting)

| office2 = 35th New York City Health Commissioner

| 1blankname2 = Mayor

| 1namedata2 = {{ubl|Ed Koch|David Dinkins}}

| term_start2 = March 11, 1986

| term_end2 = March 30, 1990

| predecessor2 = David Sencer

| successor2 = Woody Myers

| birth_name = Stephen Carl Joseph

| birth_date = {{birth date|1937|11|25}}

| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| education = {{indented plainlist|

• Harvard College (BS)
• Yale School of Medicine (MD)
• Johns Hopkins School of Public Health (MPH)}}

| spouse = Elizabeth Ann Preble

| children = 2

}}

Stephen Carl Joseph{{cite book |url=https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/bitstream/handle/1774.2/36820/commencement1968.pdf |article=Masters of Public Health |title=Conferring of Degrees at the close of the ninety-second academic year |page=21 |date=June 11, 1968 |publisher=The Johns Hopkins University |location=Baltimore, Maryland |accessdate=4 November 2020}} (born November 25, 1937) was the New York City Health Commissioner from 1986 until 1990 after having worked at the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) as Special Coordinator for Child Health and Survival.{{cite news|last1=Nix|first1=Crystal|title=Koch Names An Official of Unicef City's New Health Commissioner|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/12/nyregion/koch-names-an-official-of-unicef-city-s-new-health-commissioner.html|accessdate=13 May 2020|work=New York Times|date=March 12, 1986}}{{cite magazine |last1=Kahn |first1=E.J. |title=Commissioner |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1986/04/21/commissioner-4 |accessdate=13 May 2020 |issue=April 21, 1986 |magazine=The New Yorker}} He went on to become dean of the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs.{{cite book |url=https://history.defense.gov/Portals/70/Documents/key_officials/KeyOfficials03-01-22.pdf |title=Department of Defense Key Officials September 1947–March 2022 |date=March 1, 2022 |page=53 |publisher=Historical Office, Office of the Secretary of Defense |access-date=6 March 2022}}