Reminiscences of Wilbur Joseph Cohen, 1974
- Name
- Cohen, Wilbur J. (Wilbur Joseph), 1913-1987 (Interviewee)
- Sargent, James E., 1941- (Interviewer)
- Title
- Reminiscences of Wilbur Joseph Cohen, 1974
- Abstract
- Work with Edwin Witte and President's Committee on Economic Security, 1934; drafting Truman health message, 1945; Hill-Burton Act, 1946; studies undertaken as Research Director, Universal Military Training Commission; roles with Commission on Social Security; Professor, School of Social Work, University of Michigan, 1956-61; passage of 1965 Medicare bill; Assistant Secretary, Health, Education, and Welfare, 1961-68; Secretary, Health, Education, and Welfare, 1968-69; observations of United States politics, 1930s-70s; impressions of Samuel Rosenman, Theodore Sorenson, Arthur Altmeyer, Lyndon B. Johnson
- Collection Name
- Individual interviews oral history collection
- Subjects
- Government executives--United States; Social security--United States; Medicare; Social security--Law and legislation; United States Politics and government 1933-1945; United States Politics and government 1945-1989; Cohen, Wilbur J. (Wilbur Joseph), 1913-1987; University of Michigan. School of Social Work; United States. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1974
- Physical Description
- 245 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Government official
- Note
- Interviewed by James E. Sargent
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 15320957
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-3f84-g325
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.