U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare secretaries' speeches, 1961-1979.

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...

Marston, Robert Q., 1923-

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Dr. Marston became Director of the National Institutes of Health on September 1, 1968. He left the federal service in 1973 and in 1974 became President of the University of Florida at Gainesville. From the description of Robert Q. Marston articles and speeches, 1966-1973. (National Library of Medicine). WorldCat record id: 14300918 From the guide to the Robert Q. Marston Articles and Speeches, 1964-1973, (History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine) ...

Califano, Joseph A. 1931-

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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)...

Cohen, Wilbur J. (Wilbur Joseph), 1913-1987

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Wilbur J. Cohen was Director of the Research and Statistics Bureau of the Wisconsin Health, Education and Welfare Department and the author of several texts on Social Security. From the guide to the Wilbur J. Cohen, Papers, 1937-1942, (Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.) Government official. From the description of Reminiscences of Wilbur Joseph Cohen : oral history, 1976. (Columbia Univ...

Terry, Luther L. (Luther Leonidas), 1911-1985

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Luther Leonidas Terry was born on September 15, 1911 in Red Level, Alabama. He earned a B.S. degree at Birmingham Southern University in 1931, followed by an M.D. degree at Tulane University in 1935. In 1942, Terry joined the staff of the Public Health Service Hospital in Baltimore, becoming Chief of Medical Services there the following year. His interest in cardiovascular research led him to accept the position of chief of General Medicine and Experimental Therapeutics at the National Heart Ins...

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 ...