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William E. Mayer( born 1923) was a government official who served as Alcohol, Drug use and Mental Health Adminstrator (Later Samhsa) from 1981 to 1983 and then Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs from 1983-1989.He was born in 1923,; his parents where dentists. He went to schoo, at University of Washington, Northwestern University Medical School, and the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco he served in the Korean war and received a bronze star with valor. he also was Director of Health, Director of the International Forum on AIDS Research at the National Academy of Sciences an was the US Assistant surgeon general of the United States. Mayer before he was administrator for Alcohol, Drug use and Substance Abuse, was Chief medical officer at the San Diego health department and before that he was Director of the California department of Health (1973-1975) and California department of mental health (1971-1973). He also Administered public health in Humboldt, Contra Costa and Del Norte counties in California.