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Marion B. Folsom 2nd United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare In office
August 2, 1955 – July 31, 1958President Dwight D. Eisenhower Preceded by Oveta Culp Hobby Succeeded by Arthur S. Flemming Personal details Born November 23, 1893
McRae, GeorgiaDied September 27, 1976 (aged 82)Marion Bayard Folsom (November 23, 1893–September 27, 1976) was born in McRae, Georgia and was U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from 1955 through 1958. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I and was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. From 1935 to 1953 he served as the Treasurer of the Eastman Kodak Company. He is interred at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Political offices Preceded by
Oveta Culp HobbyUnited States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
August 1, 1955 - July 31, 1958Succeeded by
Arthur S. FlemmingUnited States Secretaries of Health and Human Services
(previously United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare)Secretaries of Heath,
Education, and WelfareHobby • Folsom • Flemming • Ribicoff • Celebrezze • Gardner • Cohen • Finch • Richardson • Weinberger • Mathews • Califano • Harris
Secretaries of Health
and Human ServicesCabinet of President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953–1961) Vice President Richard Nixon (1953–1961)Secretary of State John Foster Dulles (1953–1959) • Christian A. Herter (1959–1961)Secretary of Defense Secretary of the Treasury George M. Humphrey (1953–1957) • Robert Bernard Anderson (1957–1961)Attorney General Herbert Brownell, Jr. (1953–1957) • William P. Rogers (1957–1961)Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield (1953–1961)Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay (1953–1956) • Fred Andrew Seaton (1956–1961)Secretary of the Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson (1953–1961)Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks (1953–1958) • Lewis Strauss (1958–1959) • Frederick H. Mueller (1959–1961)Secretary of Labor Martin P. Durkin (1953) • James P. Mitchell (1953–1961)Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Oveta Culp Hobby (1953–1955) • Marion B. Folsom (1955–1958) • Arthur S. Flemming (1958–1961)Categories:- 1893 births
- 1976 deaths
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