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Arthur S. Flemming
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| Arthur
S. Flemming
(1905 - 1996) |
| Arthur S. Flemming was Secretary
of Health, Education & Welfare in the Eisenhower Administration
and an important force in the shaping of Social Security policy
for more than four decades. Dr. Flemming's government career began
in 1939 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed him to the
U.S. Civil Service Commission. He was a member of the Hoover Commission
which studied the organization of the federal government in the
late 1940s and early 1950s. The President of three universities,
Dr. Flemming was the Chairman of the White House Conference on Aging
in 1971 and was appointed U.S. Commissioner on Aging by President
Nixon. Dr. Flemming was also a co-founder of the Save Our Security
coalition, a Social Security advocacy group. He was the recipient
of two Presidential Medals of Freedom, one in 1957 from President
Eisenhower and the second one bestowed on him in 1994 by President
Clinton. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Donna Shalala,
said of Flemming: "He was one of the great intellects of social
policy, combining extraordinary knowledge with a rare gift for policy-making." |
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Full
speech by Arthur Flemming at 25th anniversary of Social Security
Act ceremony held in Baltimore, MD 8/15/60. (approx. 20 min.
speech)
[In RealAudio format] |
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www.socialsecurity.gov
