Until 1979, there was one Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, uniting this department with the Department of Education, which is now headed by a separate Secretary of Education.
Name | Term of Office | President(s) served under |
---|---|---|
Patricia Roberts Harris[?] | August 3, 1979 - January 20, 1981 | Jimmy Carter |
Richard Schultz Schweiker[?] | January 22, 1981 - February 3, 1983 | Ronald Reagan |
Margaret Mary O'Shaughnessy Heckler[?] | March 9, 1983 - December 13, 1985 | Ronald Reagan |
Otis Raymond Bowen[?] | December 13, 1985 - January 20, 1989 | Ronald Reagan |
Louis Wade Sullivan[?] | March 1, 1989 - January 20, 1993 | George H. W. Bush |
Donna Edna Shalala[?] | January 22, 1993 - January 20, 2001 | Bill Clinton |
Thomas George Thompson | February 2, 2001 - present | George W. Bush |
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