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| Name | Dates of Office | |
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| Oveta Culp Hobby | Apr. 11, 1953 | July 31, 1955 |
| Marion B. Folsom | Aug. 1, 1955 | July 31, 1958 |
| Arthur S.Flemming | Aug. 1, 1958 | Jan. 1, 1961 |
| Abraham A. Ribicoff | Jan. 20, 1961 | July 13, 1962 |
| Anthony J. Celebrezze | July 31, 1962 | Aug. 17, 1965 |
| John W. Gardner | Aug. 18, 1965 | Feb. 29, 1968 |
| Wilbur J. Cohen | May 9, 1968 | Jan. 19, 1969 |
| Robert H. Finch | Jan. 22, 1969 | June 24, 1970 |
| Elliott L. Richardson | June 24, 1970 | Jan. 29, 1973 |
| Caspar W. Weinberger | Feb. 12, 1973 | Aug. 10, 1975 |
| David Mathews | Aug. 8, 1975 | Jan. 20, 1977 |
| Joseph A. Califano, Jr. | Jan. 26, 1977 | July 19, 1979 |
| Patricia Roberts Harris | July 27, 1979 | Jan. 19, 1981 |
| Richard S. Schweiker | Jan. 22, 1981 | Feb. 3, 1983 |
| Margaret M. Heckler | Mar. 9, 1983 | Dec. 12, 1985 |
| Otis R. Bowen | Dec. 13, 1985 | Jan. 20, 1989 |
| Louis Sullivan | Mar. 1, 1989 | January 1993 |
| Donna Shalala | Jan. 22, 1993 | |
| * Name changed from Department of Health, Education, and Welfare on May 14, 1980; separate Department of Education formed. | ||
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