Papers, 1922-1973

United States. Children's Bureau

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The Children's Bureau was formally created in 1912 when President William Howard Taft signed into law a bill creating the new federal government organization. The stated purpose of the new Bureau was to investigate and report "upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of children and child life among all classes of our people." The signing of this law culminated a grass-roots process started in 1903 by two early social reformers, Lillian Wald, of New York's Henry Street Settlement House, and...

United States. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

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In March 1972 President Richard Nixon called for an "intensive study" and requested a plan for developing a "safe, fast, and efficient nationwide blood collection and distribution system." Nixon's request was the result of several independent events and initiatives throughout the late 1960s that focused on the U.S. lack of an efficient system for maintaining a sufficiently ample, risk-free national blood supply. The primary aim of the policy was to eliminate the nation's dependence on an oft-con...

Ribicoff, Abraham A. (Abraham Alexander), 1910-1998

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Abraham Alexander Ribicoff (April 9, 1910 – February 22, 1998) was an American Democratic Party politician from the state of Connecticut. He represented Connecticut in the United States House of Representatives and Senate and was the 80th Governor of Connecticut and Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in President John F. Kennedy's cabinet. He was Connecticut's first and to date only Jewish governor. Born in New Britain, Connecticut, to Ashkenazi Jewish immigrants from Poland, Samuel ...

Switzer, Mary Elizabeth, 1900-1971

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Mary Elizabeth Switzer, government official, was born on February 16, 1900, to Julius F. and Margaret (Moore) Switzer of Newton, Mass. Switzer graduated from Radcliffe College in 1921 with a B.A. in international law. She moved to Washington, D.C., where her first position with the federal government was as assistant secretary to the Minimum Wage Board. She worked for the Department of the Treasury until 1953, principally for the Public Health Service and the Federal Security Agenc...

Hill, J. Lister (Joseph Lister), 1894-1984

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Joseph Lister Hill (December 29, 1894 – December 20, 1984) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Alabama in the U.S. Congress for more than forty-five years, as both a U.S. Representative (1923–1938) and a U.S. Senator (1938–1969). During his Senate career he was active on health-related issues, and served as Senate Majority Whip (1941–47), and Hill also served as the Chair of the Senate Labor Committee. At the time of his retirement, Hill was the fourth-mo...

National Women's Trade Union League of America

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The National Women’s Trade Union League of America (NWTUL) was established in Boston, MA in 1903, at the convention of the American Federation of Labor. It was organized as a coalition of working-class women, professional reformers, and women from wealthy and prominent families. Its purpose was to “assist in the organization of women wage workers into trade unions and thereby to help them secure conditions necessary for healthful and efficient work and to obtain a just reward for such work.” ...

Lenroot, Katharine F. (Katharine Frederica), 1891-1982

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Katharine F. Lenroot, child welfare leader and the third Chief of the United States Children's Bureau (1934-1951) was born in Superior, Wisconsin on March 8, 1891 to Irvin Luther and Clara C. Lenroot. From early on, her father's political career made Lenroot aware of social and political issues. Admitted to the bar in 1898, Irvine was elected to the Wisconsin state legislature in 1901. After his service in Wisconsin until 1907, he was elected to the national House of Repre...

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973

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Lyndon Baines Johnson, also known as LBJ, was born on August 27, 1908 at Stonewall, Texas. He was the first child of Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr., and Rebekah Baines Johnson, and had three sisters and a brother: Rebekah, Josefa, Sam Houston, and Lucia. In 1913, the Johnson family moved to nearby Johnson City, named for Lyndon''s forebears, and Lyndon entered first grade. On May 24, 1924 he graduated from Johnson City High School. He decided to forego higher education and moved to California with a few ...

Meier, Robert F. (Robert Frank), 1944-

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Gorham, William ( William C.)

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Weybright, Victor, 1903-

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Victor Weybright (1903-1978) a publisher, founded the New American Library in 1947 with Kurt Enoch. The New American Library became known for its paperback publishing and also published Mentor and Signet books. The New American Library was sold in 1960 to Times Mirror Company of Los Angeles and Weybright left the company in 1966 to found the publishing firm of Weybright & Talley, Inc. with Truman M. Talley. From the description of Papers, 1945-1974. (University of Wyoming, Americ...

U.S. Social and Rehabilitation Service

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Pritchard, Elizabeth G.

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International Society of the Rehabilitation of the Disabled

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Menninger foundation

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Psychiatric center dedicated to treating individuals with mood, personality, anxiety & addictive disorders, teaching mental health professionals, and advancing mental healthcare through research; founded 1919 as the Menninger Clinic; headquarters in Topeka, Kan., 1919-2003. Moved to Houston, Tex., in 2003. From the description of Menninger ms. collection and supplementary research material, 1774-1999. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id:...

Shriver, Eunice Mary (Kennedy), 1921(?)-

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Fogarty, John Edward, 1913-1967

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U.S. representative from Rhode Island. From the description of John Edward Fogarty memorial, 1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450284 U.S. representative from Rhode Island; originally a bricklayer; of Providence and Harmony, R.I. From the description of Papers, 1939-1967. (Providence College, Phillips Memorial Library). WorldCat record id: 70925276 John E. Fogarty served in the United States House of Representatives for twe...

Wilbur S. Cohen

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Jane Addams Hall of Fame Committee

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Mellon, Paul

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St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington, D.C.

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Louis R. Schubert

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Semans, James and Mary

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McNutt, Paul V. (Paul Vories), 1891-1955

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Governor of Indiana. From the description of Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1936. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 243664900 Born July 19, 1891, at Franklin, Indiana; A.B., Indiana University, 1913; LLB., Harvard, 1916; admitted to the Indiana bar, 1914; served as an officer in the Field artillery reserve during World War I; commanding officer, 326 Field artillery, 1924-1937; member, 5th corps area advisory board, 1927-1934; appointed to ...

Fishbein, Morris and Anna

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R. Doyle Best

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DiMichael, Salvatore G.

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Diamond, Isabella

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Merck, George W. (George Wilhelm), 1894-1957

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Wiesman, Margaret, ? -1953

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Carroll, Thomas J.

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Copp, Tracy

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Ross, Helen

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Florence Crittenton Mission

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Flemming, Arthur S. (Arthur Sherwood), 1905-1996

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Arthur S. Flemming (1905-1996), a Methodist ecumenical leader, is the son of Harriet Sherwood and Harry H. Flemming. He attended Ohio Wesleyan University, from which he received an A.B. in 1927. Following his graduation he joined the staff at American University as an instructor in government while completing his masters degree, which he received in 1928. In 1930 he became an editorial writer for U.S. News and World Report. Meanwhile, he attended George Washington University, which awarded him a...

Gerald W. Green

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Frampton, Merle E. (Merle Elbert), 1903-1998

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Frampton earned his Harvard AM in 1934 and his PhD in 1935. From the description of Publicity for social work. [1934] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228511592 ...

Cramer, John

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Marrin, Andrew

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Strecker, Edward A. (Edward Adam), 1886-1959

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Huseth, Brete

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Celebrezze, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph), 1910-1998

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Son of Italian immigrants to Cleveland who had a long career in law and government, serving as an Ohio state senator, Mayor of Cleveland, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, and a federal judge. From the description of Papers, 1952-1962. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 17341868 Ohio state senator (1950-53), mayor of Cleveland (1953-62), Secretary of the Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare (1962-65), and federal judge for the 6th Circuit Court ...

Vlad F. Ratay

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Stanley C. Hedstrom

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Sanders, Murray

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Schwitalla, Alphonse M.

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Greve, Bell

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American friends service committee

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Quaker organization formed to promote peace and reconciliation through its social service and relief programs. From the description of American Friends Service Committee records, 1933-1988 (bulk 1933-1938). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983753 The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) was organized in June 1917 as an outgrowth of and coordination point for the anti-war and relief activities of various bodies of the Religious Society of Friends in the United States. A ...

Lisle C. Carter Jr.

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Lee, Philip

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Philip Lee is an author who wrote under the pseudonyms Carl Driver and Carla Driven. From the guide to the Philip Lee papers, 1978-1980, (University of Minnesota Libraries. Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies [scrbt]) ...

U.S. Office of Vocational Rehabilitation

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Scheele, Leonard Andrew, 1907-1993

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Physician. From the description of Reminiscences of Leonard Andrew Scheele : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419135 From the description of Reminiscences of Leonard Andrew Scheele : oral history, 1963. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122574103 ...

Lynch, Grace

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Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania

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Gregg, Harry A.

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Roche, Josephine A. (Josephine Aspinwall), 1886-1976

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Director of the Foreign Language Information Service, Josephine Aspinwall Roche (1886-1976) was educated at Vassar and Columbia University. Before coming to the Service, she was chief probation officer and director of girls' work in the Denver (Colorado) juvenile court, inspector of amusements and policewomen in Denver, and special investigator for the National Consumers' League. The FLIS served sixteen nationality groups; its purpose was to interpret America to the immigrants and vice versa. It...

Service Bureau for Women's Organizations.

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Woodin, William H. (William Hartman), 1868-1934

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Shriver, Sargent, 1915-2011

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Robert Sargent Shriver (b. 1915-d. Jan. 18, 2011), brother-in-law of John F. Kennedy, lawyer, businessman, government official, and diplomat, was Assistant General Manager, Merchandise Mart from 1948 to 1961. During and after the Kennedy administration, her served as the Director of the Peace Corps from 1961 to 1966, Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity from 1964 to 1968, and Special Assistant to President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1965 to 1968. Shriver later served as Ambassador to Franc...

Miller, Paul A. (Paul Anthony), 1957-

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Klumpp, Theodore G., 1903-1997

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Physician; business executive; chairman, Task Force on Medical Services, Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government (Second Hoover Commission, 1953-1955). From the description of Papers, 1948-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70969427 ...

U.S. Vocational Rehabilitation Administration

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Amato, David

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Haupt, Alma C. (Alma Cecilia), 1893-1956

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Arthurdale Advisory Committee.

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Menninger, William Claire, 1899-1966

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Lasker, Mary (Mrs. Albert D.)

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Raushenbush, Elizabeth (Brandeis), 1896-

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Schafer, Philip

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United States. Department of the Treasury

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The Department of the Treasury was created by an act of Congress (1 Stat. 65), approved September 2, 1789. The orginal act established the Department to superintend the manage the National finances. This act charged the Secretary of the Treasury with the preparation of plans for the improvement and management of the revenue and the support of public credit. It further provided that the Secretary should prescribe the forms for keeping and rendering all manner of public accounts and for the ma...

U. S. Public Health Service.

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Hendricks, Eula Susan

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Radcliffe College

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Vocational short courses and institutes were initiated by the Radcliffe Appointment Bureau to train students for careers after graduation. Among these courses were: the Institute on Historical and Archival Management, 1954-1960; Communications for the Volunteer, 1965-1968; Summer Secretarial Course, 1935-1955, and the Radcliffe Publishing Course (formerly Publishing Procedures Course), 1947-, which continues to offer a six-week summer course in publishing. From the description of Rad...

Diehl, Harold S. (Harold Sheely), 1891-1973

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Harold Sheely Diehl was born on August 4, 1891 in Nittany, Pennsylvania. He attended Gettysburg College (Gettysburg, PA), earning his bachelor's degree in 1912. He continued his education at the University of Minnesota, earning his M.D. in 1918 and M.A. in 1921. Dr. Diehl began his career at the University as a part time assistant in bacteriology and pathology in 1916. After completion of his M.D., he became a staff member at the University hospital. He was promoted to assistant professor of med...

Viscardi, Henry, Jr., 1912-

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National Technical Institute for the Deaf

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Trask, John W. (John William), 1877-

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Currier, Mary

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Gold, Bill, 1921-

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Sinai, Nathan

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Rusk, Howard A., 1901-1989

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Parran, Thomas, 1892-1968

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Physician, Government executive. From the description of Reminiscences of Thomas Parran : oral history, 1962. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122451560 Thomas Parran, Jr. was born on September 28, 1892 and raised near St. Leonard's, Maryland, on his family's tobacco farm. He attended St. John's College in Annapolis (1911, A.B.; 1915, A.M.). Finances influenced his decision to attend Georgetown (1915, M.D.) and to follow with an...

Pressman, Joel J. (Joel Jay), 1901-

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Kelly, James F. (James Floyd)

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Clunk, Joseph F.

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Kennedy, Edward Moore, 1932-2009

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Edward Moore Kennedy (b. Feb. 22, 1932, Boston, Mass.-d. Aug. 25, 2009), graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in government in 1956, and received his LL.B. from the University of Virginia in 1959. He served in the United States Army from 1951 to 1953. He was elected democratic senator from Massachusetts in 1962, served until his death in August 2009. He was the Assistant District Attorney for Suffolk County from 1961 to 1962, and sought the Democratic nomination for president in 1980....

Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968

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Robert Francis Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968), also referred to by his initials RFK and occasionally by the nickname Bobby, was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 64th United States Attorney General from January 1961 to September 1964, and as a U.S. Senator from New York from January 1965 until his assassination in June 1968. He was the brother of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Senator Edward Moore Kennedy. Kennedy and his brothers were born into a wealthy,...

Allen, Rowland

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McCloskey, Mark A. (Mark Alexander), 1891-

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Menninger, Karl Augustus, 1893-....

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Krusen, Frank H.

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McCormick, Helen B.

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Reedy, Corbett

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Lapham, Max E.

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Allen, W. Scott

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U.S. Federal Security Agency

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Blain, Daniel, 1898-1981

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William Logan Fisher (1781-1862) purchased "Belfield," a large house in Germantown, Pennsylvania, from painter Charles Wilson Peale in 1826. He gave the house to his oldest daughter, Sarah Logan Fisher (1806-1891) and her husband, William Wister (1803-1891). Belfield remained home to their descendants until 1984 when it was sold to La Salle University. William Logan Fisher, son of Thomas (1741-1810) and Sarah Logan Fisher (1751-1796), was born in 1781. His great-grandpar...

Taylor, Eugene J.

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Simpson, Donald F.

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A. Ryrie Koch

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Gardner, John W. (John William), 1912-2002

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John William Gardner (1912-2002) was vice president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1949 to 1955, and president of the Carnegie Corporation from 1955 to 1965. He was a member of President Kennedy's Task Force on Education in 1960, on President Johnson's Task Force on Education in 1964, and he served as Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from 1965 to 1968. From the description of Gardner, John William, 1912-2002 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration)...

National Rehabilitation Association

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May, Elizabeth Eckhardt, 1899-

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Educator, administrator, writer and researcher; held appointments at West Virginia University, Executive Secretary of the White House Conference on Children in Democracy; joined the University of Connecticut faculty in 1952 as Dean of the School of Home Economics and served at the University until retirement in 1964; died in 1996. From the description of Elizabeth E. May papers, 1901-1996. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 53278674 Elizabeth Eckha...

Draper, Warren Fales, 1818-1905

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Epithet: Deputy Surgeon General United States Public Health Service British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000837.0x000324 ...

Anderson, Mary, 1873-1964

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Corson, John

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Schuck, Franz

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Head, Murdock

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McLean, Franklin D.

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Klotz, Henrietta

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Whelan, Ralph

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Taft, Charles P.

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