Passionate and outspoken, Peter L. Beilenson fought AIDS, addiction and other plagues when he served as Baltimore's health commissioner. Now, as Howard County's new health officer, he is poised to translate the lessons of a big city's health crisis to the subtler needs of an affluent suburb. -
A Health Chief's Shift From Big-City Ills
Passionate and outspoken, Peter L. Beilenson fought AIDS, addiction and other plagues when he served as Baltimore's health commissioner. Now, as Howard County's new health officer, he is poised to translate the lessons of a big city's health crisis to the subtler needs of an affluent suburb.-
By Mary Otto