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
Name	Year appointed	President(s) served under
Oveta Culp Hobby	1953 - 1955	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Marion Bayard Folsom	1955 - 1958	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Arthur Sherwood Flemming	1958 - 1961	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Abraham A. Ribicoff	1961 - 1962	John F. Kennedy
Anthony J. Celebrezze Sr.	1962 - 1965	John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson
John William Gardner	1965 - 1968	Lyndon Johnson
Wilbur J. Cohen	1968 - 1969	Lyndon Johnson
Robert H. Finch	1969 - 1970	Richard Nixon
Elliot Lee Richardson	1970 - 1973	Richard Nixon
Caspar Weinberger	1973 - 1975	Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
Forrest David Matthews	1975 - 1977	Gerald Ford
Joseph A. Califano, Jr.	1977 - 1979	Jimmy Carter
Patricia Roberts Harris	1979 - 1979	Jimmy Carter

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