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A former chancellor of the Texas A&M system is entering his fifth decade in state government.
Mike McKinney has been appointed by Governor Abbott to chair a new board that is tasked with developing a business plan to give public employees access to cost effective drugs and other medical supplies.
McKinney, a family physician who lives in Bryan, was CEO of the A&M health science center before serving as system chancellor between 2006 and 2011.
In April 1984, McKinney entered state government as a member of the Texas House representing a rural district in the Brazos Valley.
He is also a former leader of the Texas health and human services commission and chief of staff for Governor Perry.