William L. Roper

William L. Roper
William L. Roper
Interim President of the University of North Carolina
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; January 1, 2019
Preceded by	Margaret Spellings
Succeeded by	Peter Hans (President-elect, to take office August 1, 2020)
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
	In office; March 1, 1990 – June 30, 1993
President	George H. W. Bush; Bill Clinton
Preceded by	James O. Mason
Succeeded by	David Satcher
Personal details
Born	1948 (age 71–72)
Education	University of Alabama (MD, MPH)

William L. Roper (born 1948) is an American physician who served as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from 1990 to 1993,[1] when he was asked to step down over controversy about his response to the AIDS crisis.[2]

After leaving the CDC, he joined the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and headed UNC Health Care during its pediatric cardiac surgery controversy;[3] he was the dean of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and the UNC School of Medicine before being appointed interim president of the University of North Carolina in January 2019.[4]

Roper received his medical degree from the University of Alabama School of Medicine, and his master of public health degree from the same university.[5]

A former White House Fellow and head of the Health Care Financing Administration, he was moved from his position as head of the Office of Policy Development, in the White House, to the CDC at the beginning of March 1990.[6]

References

"Past CDC Directors/Administrators | About | CDC". www.cdc.gov. July 20, 2018. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
Hilts, Philip J. (March 11, 1993). "Director Leaving Disease Centers". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
Gabler, Ellen (July 5, 2019). "Chief During Turmoil at Children's Hospital May Be Next UNC President". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
"The President". www.northcarolina.edu. 2019. Archived from the original on April 21, 2020. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
"William L. Roper, MD, MPH". www.northcarolina.edu. 2019. Archived from the original on April 21, 2020. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
Altman, Lawrence K. (February 27, 1990). "DOCTOR'S WORLD; C.D.C.'s New Chief Has an Unusual Resume". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 20, 2020.

Government offices
Preceded by James O. Mason	Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1990 – 1993	Succeeded by David Satcher
Academic offices
Preceded by Margaret Spellings	President of the University of North Carolina Interim 2019 – present	Incumbent

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[1] "Past CDC Directors/Administrators | About | CDC". www.cdc.gov. July 20, 2018. Retrieved April 15, 2020.

[2] Hilts, Philip J. (March 11, 1993). "Director Leaving Disease Centers". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 20, 2020.

[3] Gabler, Ellen (July 5, 2019). "Chief During Turmoil at Children's Hospital May Be Next UNC President". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 20, 2020.

[4] "The President". www.northcarolina.edu. 2019. Archived from the original on April 21, 2020. Retrieved April 20, 2020.

[5] "William L. Roper, MD, MPH". www.northcarolina.edu. 2019. Archived from the original on April 21, 2020. Retrieved April 20, 2020.

[6] Altman, Lawrence K. (February 27, 1990). "DOCTOR'S WORLD; C.D.C.'s New Chief Has an Unusual Resume". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 20, 2020.