Lee, Philip R. (Philip Randolph), 1924-

Biographical Statement

Philip Randolph Lee was Chancellor of the University of California San Francisco from 1969-71, and then became Director of the Health Policy Program (later expanded and renamed the Institute for Health Policy Studies) at UCSF (1972-1993). He left IHPS in 1993 to join the Clinton Administration as Assistant Secretary for Health in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) (1993-1997) before returning to UCSF and the IHPS as Senior Advisor and Professor Emeritus (1997-). Lee had previously served as Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs in the Department of Health Education and Welfare (DHEW) (1965-1969) under President Lyndon Baines Johnson, and as Director of Health Services at the Agency for International Development (USAID) (1963-1965). Lee has been an active lecturer, writer and teacher, as well as serving on numerous advisory boards and planning groups. He was licensed to practice medicine in California in 1948, New York in 1955 and Board Certified in Internal Medicine in 1956.

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