United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare

The Secretary of Health, Education, & Welfare was the head of the department concerned with the areas named in its title. He was a member of the President's Cabinet. In 1979 there was a division of the Secretary of Health, Education, & Welfare's position into separate secretaries of Health & Human Services and Education.

Secretaries of Health, Education, & 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 Alexander Ribicoff[?]	1961 - 1962	John F. Kennedy
Anthony Joseph Celebrezze[?]	1962 - 1965	John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson
John William Gardner[?]	1965 - 1968	Lyndon Johnson
Wilbur Joseph Cohen[?]	1968 - 1969	Lyndon Johnson
Robert Hutchinson Finch[?]	1969 - 1970	Richard Nixon
Elliot Lee Richardson[?]	1970 - 1973	Richard Nixon
Caspar Willard Weinburger[?]	1973 - 1975	Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
Forrest David Matthews[?]	1975 - 1977	Gerald Ford
Joseph Anthony Califano[?]	1977 - 1979	Jimmy Carter
Patricia Roberts Harris[?]	1979 - 1979	Jimmy Carter