Joseph A. Califano Jr.

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Joe Califano
Califano in 2008
12th United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
In office January 25, 1977 – August 3, 1979
President	Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	F. David Mathews
Succeeded by	Patricia Roberts Harris
White House Domestic Affairs Advisor
In office July 26, 1965 – January 20, 1969
President	Lyndon B. Johnson
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Pat Moynihan (Urban Affairs)
Personal details
Born	Joseph Anthony Califano Jr. (1931-05-15) May 15, 1931 (age 93) Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Hilary Byers ​ (m. 1983)​ [1]
Children	5
Education	College of the Holy Cross (BA) Harvard University (LLB)
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Navy
Years of service	1955–1958
Rank	Lieutenant

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. He is also the founder and chairman of The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASAColumbia), an evidence-based research organization, which is now the Partnership to End Addiction, where Califano holds the title of Chair Emeritus.

He has been an adjunct professor of public health at Columbia University Medical School and is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.