Joseph A. Califano Jr.

Joe Califano
Califano in 2008
12th United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
In office
January 25, 1977 – August 3, 1979
PresidentJimmy Carter
Preceded byF. David Mathews
Succeeded byPatricia Roberts Harris
White House Domestic Affairs Advisor
In office
July 26, 1965 – January 20, 1969
PresidentLyndon B. Johnson
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPat Moynihan (Urban Affairs)
Personal details
Born
Joseph Anthony Califano Jr.

(1931-05-15) May 15, 1931 (age 93)
Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Hilary Byers
(m. 1983)
[1]
Children5
EducationCollege of the Holy Cross (BA)
Harvard University (LLB)
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Navy
Years of service1955–1958
RankLieutenant

Joseph Anthony Califano Jr. (born May 15, 1931) is an American attorney, professor, and public servant. He is known for the roles he played in shaping welfare policies in the cabinets of Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Jimmy Carter and for serving as United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in the Carter administration. He is also the founder and chairman of The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASAColumbia), an evidence-based research organization, which is now the Partnership to End Addiction, where Califano holds the title of Chair Emeritus.

He has been an adjunct professor of public health at Columbia University Medical School and is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.

  1. ^ "Hilary Paley Byers Becomes the Bride of Joseph Califano Jr. in Washington". The New York Times. March 6, 1983.