Dr. Jerome Adams nominated as new surgeon general

President Donald Trump has nominated Indiana State Health Commissioner Dr. Jerome Adams to serve as the next US Surgeon General.

Adams known for his previous work on substance abuse. He has garnered a reputation as a public health professional who looked to community models for fighting addiction and other scourges.

Adams is also an anesthesiologist and an assistant professor of anesthesiology at Indiana University School of Medicine and has sat on committees of various professional organizations.

He began serving as the Indiana State Health Commissioner in 2014 under then-governor Mike Pence.

Special honor: Stretch of Indiana Highway renamed to recognize Tuskegee Airmen

Those who drive on Interstate 65 through Jackson County (Indiana) will be reminded that America’s first African-American aviators and their support staff prepared for war here, while fighting for equality at home.

Beginning Friday, highway signs designated the stretch of the interstate from Seymour to the Bartholomew County/Johnson County line as the Tuskegee Airmen Highway in honor of the aviators, some who trained during World War II at Freeman Field in Seymour and Atterbury Air Force Base in Columbus.

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