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Joseph A. Califano, Jr. is Founder and Chair Emeritus of The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA), an independent non-profit research center in New York City he founded in 1992.
Mr. Califano received his Bachelor of Arts degree from The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1952, and his LL.B., from Harvard Law School in 1955 where, he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review.
Mr. Califano served as President Lyndon B. Johnson’s top White House domestic aide from 1965 to 1969. In this position, he led the preparation of the President’s legislative program, handled domestic crises, and coordinated coordinate economic policies. He worked on a variety of domestic problems, including health care, education, environmental and urban issues, civil rights, consumer protection, and labor-management relations.
From 1977 to 1979, Mr. Califano served as U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under President Carter. As Secretary, Mr. Califano mounted major health promotion and disease prevention programs, including childhood immunization, the first national anti-smoking campaign, an alcoholism initiative, and issuance of Healthy People, the Surgeon General’s Report on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention which for the first time set health goals for the American people. He issued the first regulations under Title IX to provide equal treatment to women’s collegiate athletics and the first regulations to provide access and protection for the handicapped. He funded the first free standing Hospice in America and issued regulations to cover hospice care under Medicare.
He has been Adjunct Professor of Public Health (Health Policy and Management) at Columbia University’s Medical School and School of Public Health and is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. In 2010, he received the Gustav O. Lienhard Award, the Institute’s highest honor, for his contributions to improving public health, his leadership in catalyzing federal action to curb smoking, and his broader efforts to reduce the toll of addiction and substance abuse.
Mr. Califano is the author of thirteen books. He has written articles for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Readers Digest, New Republic, Journal of the American Medical Association, The New England Journal of Medicine, America, The Washington Monthly, and others.
He resides in Westport, Connecticut with his wife, the former Hilary Paley Byers. They have five children and nine grandchildren.
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