Terry L Cline was born on 1958 and is an American psychologist and public health policy specialist from Oklahoma.
17 Facts About Terry Cline
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Terry Cline has served in various positions under Governors of Oklahoma Frank Keating, Brad Henry, and Mary Fallin.
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Terry Cline resigned his position after financial mismanagement was discovered within the Oklahoma State Department of Health.
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Terry Cline previously served as the administrator of the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, an agency within the Health and Human Services Department from December 2006 through August 2008.
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Terry Cline grew up in Ardmore, Oklahoma and attended the University of Oklahoma, where he earned a bachelor's degree in psychology in 1980.
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Terry Cline then received both a master's degree and a PhD in clinical psychology from Oklahoma State University, following which he held a six-year appointment as a clinical instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School in Boston.
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Terry Cline served as the Chairman of the Governing Board for a Harvard Community Teaching Hospital in Cambridge for several years.
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Terry Cline served as a Health Care Policy Fellow at the federal Center for Mental Health Services in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in Washington DC While there, his primary focus was on the organization and financing of mental health services.
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Terry Cline returned to Oklahoma to accept the position of Commissioner of the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services during the administration of Republican Governor Frank Keating.
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Terry Cline continued to serve concurrently as Commissioner in addition to his duties as Health Secretary.
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President George W Bush nominated Cline to serve as the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, in November 2006, and his nomination was confirmed by the US Senate in December.
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Terry Cline was a liaison to Iraq's Ministries of Health, Higher Education and Social Affairs, and worked with international organizations, private partners and other US government agencies engaged in health-related activities in Iraq.
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In June 2009 Terry Cline became the Commissioner of the Oklahoma State Department of Health.
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On February 1,2011, Republican Governor of Oklahoma Mary Fallin announced she had selected Commissioner Terry Cline to serve as the Oklahoma Secretary of Health and Human Services in her Cabinet.
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Terry Cline continued to serve as Health Commissioner in addition to his duties as a Cabinet Secretary.
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On October 30,2017, Terry Cline submitted his resignation to the State Board of Health, during an emergency meeting of the Board.
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Terry Cline's resignation was prompted by allegations of financial mismanagement within the Department, which were subsequently investigated by the Oklahoma State Auditor.