United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare

Seal of the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare

The United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare was the head of the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The Secretary was a member of the President's Cabinet. In 1979, there was a division of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare's position into separate secretaries of Health and Human Services and Education.

**Secretaries of Health, Education, and Welfare**
No.	Name	Year appointed	President(s) served under
1	Oveta Culp Hobby	1953–1955	Dwight D. Eisenhower
2	Marion Bayard Folsom	1955–1958	Dwight D. Eisenhower
3	Arthur Sherwood Flemming	1958–1961	Dwight D. Eisenhower
4	Abraham A. Ribicoff	1961–1962	John F. Kennedy
5	Anthony J. Celebrezze	1962–1965	John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson
6	John William Gardner	1965–1968	Lyndon Johnson
7	Wilbur J. Cohen	1968–1969	Lyndon Johnson
8	Robert H. Finch	1969–1970	Richard Nixon
9	Elliot Lee Richardson	1970–1973	Richard Nixon
10	Caspar Weinberger	1973–1975	Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford
11	Forrest David Mathews	1975–1977	Gerald Ford
12	Joseph A. Califano, Jr.	1977–1979	Jimmy Carter
13	Patricia Roberts Harris	1979–1979	Jimmy Carter

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v • d • e United States Secretaries of Health, Education, and Welfare

Hobby • Folsom • Flemming • Ribicoff • Celebrezze • Gardner • Cohen • Finch • Richardson • Weinberger • Mathews • Califano • Harris