National Academies Press: OpenBook

HHS in the 21st Century: Charting a New Course for a Healthier America (2009)

Chapter: Appendix D U.S. Secretaries of Health, Education, andWelfare (1953–1979) and HHS (1980–Present)

« Previous: Appendix C HHS Organizational Chart and Missions
Suggested Citation:"Appendix D U.S. Secretaries of Health, Education, andWelfare (1953–1979) and HHS (1980–Present)." Institute of Medicine. 2009. HHS in the 21st Century: Charting a New Course for a Healthier America. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12513.
×
Page 169
Suggested Citation:"Appendix D U.S. Secretaries of Health, Education, andWelfare (1953–1979) and HHS (1980–Present)." Institute of Medicine. 2009. HHS in the 21st Century: Charting a New Course for a Healthier America. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12513.
×
Page 170

Below is the uncorrected machine-read text of this chapter, intended to provide our own search engines and external engines with highly rich, chapter-representative searchable text of each book. Because it is UNCORRECTED material, please consider the following text as a useful but insufficient proxy for the authoritative book pages.

D U.S. Secretaries of Health, Education, and Welfare (1953–1979) and HHS (1980–Present) Secretary Tenure President 1. Oveta Culp Hobby 1953–1955 Eisenhower 2. Marion B. Folsom 1955–1958 Eisenhower 3. Arthur S. Flemming 1958–1961 Eisenhower 4. Abraham I. Ribicoff 1961–1962 Kennedy 5. Anthony J. Celebrezze 1962–1965 Kennedy–Johnson 6. John W. Gardner 1965–1968 Johnson 7. Wilbur J. Cohen 1968–1969 Johnson 8. Robert H. Finch 1969–1970 Nixon 9. Elliot L. Richardson 1970–1973 Nixon 10. Caspar Weinberger 1973–1975 Nixon–Ford 11. F. David Mathews 1975–1977 Ford 12. Joseph A. Califano, Jr. 1977–1979 Carter 13. Patricia Roberts Harris 1979–1981 Carter 14. Richard S. Schweiker 1981–1983 Reagan 15. Margaret O. Heckler 1983–1985 Reagan 16. Otis R. Bowen 1985–1989 Reagan 17. Louis W. Sullivan 1989–1993 G. H. W. Bush 18. Donna E. Shalala 1993–2001 Clinton 19. Tommy G. Thompson 2001–2005 G. W. Bush 20. Michael O. Leavitt 2005–present G. W. Bush NOTE: The dark line in the table represents the point at which the department’s name changed from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Education was established as a sepa- rate entity. 169

Next: Appendix E Recommendations Directed to Congress »
HHS in the 21st Century: Charting a New Course for a Healthier America Get This Book
×
Buy Paperback | $64.00 Buy Ebook | $49.99
MyNAP members save 10% online.
Login or Register to save!
Download Free PDF

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) profoundly affects the lives of all Americans. Its agencies and programs protect against domestic and global health threats, assure the safety of food and drugs, advance the science of preventing and conquering disease, provide safeguards for America's vulnerable populations, and improve health for everyone. However, the department faces serious and complex obstacles, chief among them rising health care costs and a broadening range of health challenges. Over time, additional responsibilities have been layered onto the department, and other responsibilities removed, often without corresponding shifts in positions, procedures, structures, and resources.

At the request of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, HHS in the 21st Century assesses whether HHS is "ideally organized" to meet the enduring and emerging health challenges facing our nation. The committee identifies many factors that affect the department's ability to address its range of responsibilities, including divergence in the missions and goals of the department's agencies, limited flexibility in spending, impending workforce shortages, difficulty in retaining skilled professionals, and challenges in effectively partnering with the private sector.

  1. ×

    Welcome to OpenBook!

    You're looking at OpenBook, NAP.edu's online reading room since 1999. Based on feedback from you, our users, we've made some improvements that make it easier than ever to read thousands of publications on our website.

    Do you want to take a quick tour of the OpenBook's features?

    No Thanks Take a Tour »
  2. ×

    Show this book's table of contents, where you can jump to any chapter by name.

    « Back Next »
  3. ×

    ...or use these buttons to go back to the previous chapter or skip to the next one.

    « Back Next »
  4. ×

    Jump up to the previous page or down to the next one. Also, you can type in a page number and press Enter to go directly to that page in the book.

    « Back Next »
  5. ×

    To search the entire text of this book, type in your search term here and press Enter.

    « Back Next »
  6. ×

    Share a link to this book page on your preferred social network or via email.

    « Back Next »
  7. ×

    View our suggested citation for this chapter.

    « Back Next »
  8. ×

    Ready to take your reading offline? Click here to buy this book in print or download it as a free PDF, if available.

    « Back Next »
Stay Connected!