Wilbur J. Cohen

Wilbur J. Cohen

Cohen when he was sworn in as minister in May 1968

Wilbur Joseph Cohen (born June 10, 1913 in Milwaukee , Wisconsin , † May 17, 1987 in Seoul , South Korea ) was an American university professor , politician and Minister of Health, Education and Welfare of the United States .

biography

After visiting the Lincoln High School in Milwaukee, he studied at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and graduated in 1934 with a bachelor in the Department of Philosophy ( Bachelor of Philosophy (Ph.B.) ) from.

In 1936 he became a technical advisor to the chairman of the public pension scheme Social Security and worked there until 1952. In 1956 he accepted a position as professor of public welfare administration ( Public Welfare Administration ) at the University of Michigan and worked there until his death. He was also at times the Dean of the University of Michigan School of Education .

In 1961, he entered government service and served in the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare . There he was initially assistant to the Minister for Legislation ( Assistant Secretary for Legislation ). Subsequently he was Undersecretary of State of this Ministry between 1965 and 1968 .

On May 16, 1968 he was finally appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson to the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare of the United States ( US Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare ) in his cabinet and belonged to this until the end of Johnsons Presidency on January 20, 1969.

Publications

Cohen was also the author of numerous textbooks on social , pension and labor market policies in the United States. His major publications include:

• Retirement Policies Under Social Security , 1957
• Income and Welfare in the United States , 1962
• The Elimination of Poverty in the United States , 1963
• The Roosevelt New Deal: A Program Assessment Fifty Years After , 1986
• Unemployment Insurance in the United States: The First Half Century , 1993, (co-authors Saul J. Blaustein and William Haber)

Web links

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• Wilbur J. Cohen in nndb (English)
• Wilbur J. Cohen at the University of Virginia Miller Center of Public Affairs (English)