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	Years	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

United States Secretary Of Health, Education, And Welfare Media

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  The flag of the secretary of health, education, and welfare, the predecessor to the current office.

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  Photograph of Oveta Culp Hobby, first secretary of the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare, first commanding officer of the Women's Army Corps, and chairman of the board of the Houston Post.

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  Marion B. Folsom (1893-1976), Secretary of HEW.

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  Abraham Ribicoff (1910-1998), Secretary of HEW.

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  Anthony J. Celebrezze (1910-1998), Secretary of HEW.

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  John W. Gardner, U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare

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  Robert H. Finch, 38th Lieutenant Governor of California, in 1967

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  Elliot Richardson, U.S. Secretary of Commerce