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Oveta Culp Hobby (January 19, 1905 – August 16, 1995) was an American government official and businesswoman who served as the first United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from 1953 to 1955.
Secretary of Health and Human Services - Oveta Culp Hobby - 1953 [309] (The position was established as Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare on April 11, 1953; Renamed on May 4, 1980) Secretary of Housing and Urban Development - Carla Anderson Hills - 1975 [310] Secretary of Transportation - Elizabeth Dole - 1983 [311]
He served as the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare with President Dwight D. Eisenhower from August 1, 1955, following the resignation of Oveta Culp Hobby, until July 31, 1958. [1] Folsom married Mary Davenport, on November 16, 1918, with whom he had three children, Jane McRae, Marion Bayard Jr. and Frances Folsom.
In 1931, Hobby married Oveta Culp. She later was appointed as the first Secretary of the US Department of Health, Education and Welfare (its name was changed after a later reorganization). Hobby served as a member on the Board of Directors of Texas Technological College. [2]
Hobby was born in Houston, Texas, the only son of William P. Hobby Sr. and Oveta Culp Hobby.Both of his grandfathers were in the Texas Legislature.His father was also a lieutenant governor of Texas and the governor from 1917 to 1921, and his mother was the first person appointed to the new position of United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by U.S. President Dwight D ...
She managed the education loan and scholarship fund of the organization, as well as advising tribes on community development. In 1962, Bronson was awarded the Oveta Culp Hobby Service Award from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare for her work serving Native Americans [28] and retired from government service. She moved to Tucson. [29]
It was through the work of Oveta Culp Hobby, member of the Houston Junior League and Director of the Women’s Interest Section of the War Department, that the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) was formed in 1941. After President Roosevelt signed the bill establishing the WAAC, Hobby was promoted to Major Hobby.
Oveta Culp Hobby (1905–1995), Colonel Women's Army Corps, first secretary of Department of Health, Education and Welfare James L. Holloway Jr. (1898–1984), U.S. Navy four-star admiral; Superintendent of U.S. Naval Academy