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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]
WAC Air Controller painting by Dan V. Smith, 1943. The Women's Army Corps (WAC) was the women's branch of the United States Army.It was created as an auxiliary unit, the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) on 15 May 1942, and converted to an active duty status in the Army of the United States as the WAC on 1 July 1943.
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: Democratic (before 1953) Republican (after 1953) Administrator of the Federal Security Agency (1953) Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (1953–1955) $200 million [50] Owner of the Houston Post Gordon Sondland: Republican: Oregon State Liaison to the White House (2003–2007)
The core group, or the persons who were active for the longest time, were James Abercrombie, Herman and George R. Brown, James Elkins, William and Oveta Culp Hobby, Robert E. "Bob" Smith, and Gus Wortham. Jesse H. Jones served as the group's "godfather," sometimes hosting meetings upstairs in his penthouse apartment. [3]
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Oveta Culp Hobby (1905–1995) 1984 Newspaper publisher, first commanding officer of Women's Army Corps, first secretary of Department of Health, Education, and Welfare [159] Mary Evelyn Blagg Huey (1922–2017) 1984 President Texas Woman's University [160] Sarah Tilghman Hughes (1896–1985) 1984