What is David A. Kessler?
{{Infobox officeholder |image = DavidAaronKesslerApr2009.jpg | office = Head of [[Operation Warp Speed]] | term_start = January 20, 2021 | term_end = February 24, 2021 | president = [[Joe Biden]] | predecessor= [[Moncef Slaoui]] |successor = [[Gustave F. Perna]] (Chief Operating Officer of COVID-19 Response for Vaccine and Therapeutics) | office1 = Co-Chair of the [[COVID-19 Advisory Board]] | alongside1 = [[Vivek Murthy]] and [[Marcella Nunez-Smith]] | president1 = [[Joe Biden]] | term_start1 = November 9, 2020 | term_end1 = January 20, 2021 | predecessor1 = ''Office established'' |successor1 = ''Office abolished'' |office2 = 17th [[Commissioner of Food and Drugs]] |president2 = [[George H. W. Bush]]<br>[[Bill Clinton]] |term_start2 = November 8, 1990 |term_end2 = February 28, 1997 |predecessor2 = [[Frank E. Young (physician)|Frank Young]] |successor2 = [[Jane E. Henney]] |birth_name = David Aaron Kessler |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|5|13}} |birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |education = [[Amherst College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[University of Chicago]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])<br>[[Harvard University]] ([[Doctor of Medicine|MD]]) }} '''David Aaron Kessler''' (born May 13, 1951) is an American [[pediatrician]], [[lawyer]], author, and [[Administration (business)|administrator]] (both academic and governmental). He was the Commissioner of the [[Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA) from November 8, 1990 to February 28, 1997.<ref name=brunch>{{cite web | url = http://www.bio.org/events/2004/media/brunch/kessler.asp | title = David A. Kessler, MD | access-date = 2007-12-16 | date = 2004-06-14 | publisher = BIO (Annual International Convention) 2004 Newsroom | archive-date = 2007-09-27 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927