Dr. Regina Benjamin

Regina Benjamin, a Xavier University of Louisiana and Morehouse School of Medicine graduate, built a rural clinic in Bayou La Batre, Alabama, and later served as the 18th U.S. Surgeon General. She rebuilt that clinic after hurricanes and fire and made prevention the center of her federal tenure.

18th Surgeon General of the United States (2009–2013).
Founded and repeatedly rebuilt a Bayou La Batre community clinic.
Inducted into the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame in 2015.