HEALTH EDUCATION

United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare

The United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare was the head of the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The Secretary was a member of the President's Cabinet. In 1979, there was a division of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare's position into separate secretaries of Health and Human Services and Education.

Secretaries of Health, Education, and Welfare
No. Name Year appointed President(s) served under
1 Oveta Culp Hobby
1953–1955
 Dwight D. Eisenhower
2 Marion Bayard Folsom
1955–1958
 Dwight D. Eisenhower
3 Arthur Sherwood Flemming
1958–1961
 Dwight D. Eisenhower
4 Abraham A. Ribicoff
1961–1962
 John F. Kennedy
5 Anthony J. Celebrezze
1962–1965
 John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson
6 John William Gardner
1965–1968
 Lyndon Johnson
7 Wilbur J. Cohen
1968–1969
 Lyndon Johnson
8 Robert H. Finch
1969–1970
 Richard Nixon
9 Elliot Lee Richardson
1970–1973
 Richard Nixon
10 Caspar Weinberger
1973–1975
 Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
11 Forrest David Mathews
1975–1977
 Gerald Ford
12 Joseph A. Califano, Jr.
1977–1979
 Jimmy Carter
13 Patricia Roberts Harris
1979–1979
 Jimmy Carter

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