Name
Willcox, Alanson Work, 1901-1978 (Interviewee)
Corning, Peter A., 1935- (Interviewer)
Title
Oral history interview with Alanson Willcox 1966
Abstract
Drafting Social Security Act, 1935-36; legal adviser, Social Security Board, 1938; General Counsel, Federal Security Agency, 1947; Murray-Wagner-Dingell bill; philosophy of social security; evaluation of legislation; Medicare: positions of American Medical Association, Blue Cross, and American Hospital Association. Impressions of Jack Tate, Tom Eliot, Wilbur Cohen, and others.
Collection Name
Social security project
Subjects
Government executives--United States; Lawyers; Social security--Law and legislation; Medicare; Health insurance; Willcox, Alanson Work, 1901-1978; American Medical Association; United States. Social Security Board; United States. Federal Security Agency
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
1966
Physical Description
140 pages
Note (Biographical)
Lawyer.
Note
Interviewed by Peter A. Corning on November 15, 1965, and August 17, August 23, and October 27, 1966.
Note (Provenance)
Alanson Willcox, Gift 1966
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Catalog Record
13563101
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-awd6-t283
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.