Lester Crawford
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| Born | March 13, 1938 | |||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Auburn University | |||||||||||||||
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Lester Mills Crawford is a veterinarian and Commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration who was appointed by George W. Bush.
He worked as Commissioner from July 18, 2005 until resigning two months later on September 23, 2005, in a surprise announcement. He denied that allegations of financial improprieties were the reason for his departure.[1] Bush nominated Andrew von Eschenbach to succeed Crawford. Crawford joined a Washington lobbying firm, Policy Directions Inc.
Conflict of Interest conviction
On October 17, 2006, he pled guilty to a conflict of interest and false reporting of information about stocks he owned in food, beverage and medical device companies he was in charge of regulating.[2] He received a sentence of three years of supervised probation and a fine of about $90,000.[3]
