death_date children birth_date term_end alma_mater death_place title profession preceded term_start order spouse image name resting_place succeeded predecessor birth_place president party office successor religion article_title
07 september 1996 elizabeth arthur henry flemming thomas madison flemming ann flemming susan harriet flemming harry sherwood flemming 12 june 1905 january 19 , 1961 1981 ohio wesleyan university alexandria , virginia , united states united welfare states secretary of health , education , and government theodore m. hesburgh august 1 , 1958 1974 3rd bernice moler flemming arthursflemming.jpg arthur s. flemming montrepose states cemetery in kingston , new york , united clarence m. pendleton , jr. marion b. folsom kingston , new york , united states dwight d. eisenhower republican chairman from commission on civil rights abraham a. ribicoff methodist arthur sherwood flemming

arthur sherwood flemming

arthur sherwood flemming -lrb- june 12 , 1905september 7 , 1996 -rrb- was an american government official .
he served as the united states secretary of health , education , and welfare from 1958 until 1961 under president dwight d. eisenhower 's administration .
flemming was an important force in the shaping of social security policy for more than four decades .
he also served as president of the university of oregon , ohio wesleyan university , and macalester college .
in 1966 , he was elected to a four-year term as president of the national council of churches , the leading christian ecumenical organization in the united states .
from 1974 to 1981 , he was the chairman of the united states commission on civil rights .
