What is Otis Bowen?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Otis Ray Bowen, M.D. |image = Otis R. Bowen.jpg |imagesize = |smallimage = |caption = |order = 4th [[United States Secretary of Health and Human Services]] |term_start = December 13, 1985 |term_end = January 20, 1989 |president = [[Ronald Reagan]] |predecessor = [[Margaret Heckler]] |successor = [[Louis Wade Sullivan]] |order2 = 44th [[Governor of Indiana]] |term_start2 = January 9, 1973 |term_end2 = January 13, 1981 |lieutenant2 = [[Robert D. Orr]] |predecessor2 = [[Edgar Whitcomb]] |successor2 = [[Robert D. Orr]] |birth_date = {{birth date|1918|2|26}} |birth_place = [[Fulton County, Indiana]] |death_date = {{death date and age|2013|5|4|1918|2|26}} |death_place = [[Donaldson, Indiana]] |constituency = |party = [[GOP|Republican]] |spouse = Pearl Irene Wright |children = 4 |profession = [[Physician]] |education = [[Valparaiso University]] |signature = |footnotes = }} '''Otis R. Bowen, M.D.''' (February 26, 1918 &ndash; May 4, 2013), was the [[governor]] of the [[United States|American]] [[U.S. state|state]] of [[Indiana]] from 1973 to 1981. He was the first governor of Indiana to serve two consecutive terms. He was also the [[United States Secretary of Health and Human Services]] on the [[cabinet]] of [[President of the United States|President]] [[Ronald Reagan]]. ==Early life== Bowen was born in a [[farm]]house in [[Fulton County, Indiana|Fulton County]], Indiana. He raised his family, practiced [[medicine]], and began his [[politics|political]] career while living in [[Bremen, Indiana|Bremen]], Indiana, where he still lives today. ==Career== On Labor Day weekend in September 1973, Governor Bowen declared amnesty for a group of inmates that took hostages and rioted at the Indiana State Pr