Department of Health, Education and Welfare (U.S.)

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by Joe McMillan, 20 December 2001

• Background
• Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
• Under Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
• Assistant Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
  
  
• Department of Health and Human Services

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• Departmental Flags
• United States of America

The Cabinet-level Department of Health, Education and Welfare, was created under President Eisenhower, officially coming into existence April 11, 1953. In 1979, the Department of Education Organization Act was signed into law, providing for a separate Department of Education. HEW became the Department of Health and Human Services, officially arriving on May 4, 1980.
source: Dept of HHS - Historical Highlights

by Joe McMillan, 20 December 2001

by Joe McMillan, 20 December 2001

by Joe McMillan, 20 December 2001