doi:10.7916/d8-3f84-g325Reminiscences of Wilbur Joseph Cohen, 1974Cohen, Wilbur J. (Wilbur Joseph), 1913-1987oral historiesmixed materialGovernment executives--United StatesSocial security--United StatesMedicareSocial security--Law and legislationUnited States Politics and government 1933-1945United States Politics and government 1945-1989Cohen, Wilbur J. (Wilbur Joseph), 1913-1987University of Michigan. School of Social WorkUnited States. Department of Health, Education, and WelfareWork 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