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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 .
Califano was secretary of health, education, and welfare from 1977 to 1979, in the administration of President Jimmy Carter. Califano was the founding chairman of the board and president of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University.
Joseph A. Califano’s career: lawyer in the Navy and in a Wall Street law firm, political leader in JFK administration, secretary of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) in Jimmy Carter administration, creator and administrator of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA).
3 de feb. de 2015 · Joseph A. Califano, Jr. is Founder and Chair Emeritus of The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA), an independent non-profit research center in New York City he founded in 1992.
Joseph Anthony Califano Jr. (nacido el 15 de mayo de 1931) es un abogado, profesor y servidor público estadounidense. Es exsecretario de Salud, Educación y Bienestar de los Estados Unidos y fundador y presidente del Centro Nacional sobre Adicciones y Abuso de Sustancias de la Universidad de Columbia (CASAColumbia), una organización de ...
On January 11, 1978, the fourteenth anniversary of the publication of the first Surgeon General’s report on smoking and health, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Joseph Califano, Jr. launched the federal government’s first campaign to prevent teenagers from taking up cigarette smoking and to encourage existing smokers to stop.
Founded in 1992 by former U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Joseph A. Califano, Jr., CASA remains the only national organization that assembles under one roof all of the professional skills to examine the impact of abuse and addiction of all substances (tobacco, alcohol, illegal and prescription drugs) in all sectors of society ...
