Joseph A. Califano, Jr., LLB Biography
- Title:
- Founder and Chairman Emeritus of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse
- Position:
- Con to the question "Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered from 21 to a Younger Age?"
- Reasoning:
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“Teen drinking is the number one source of adult alcoholism. Children who begin drinking before age 21 are more than twice as likely to develop alcohol-related problems. Those who begin drinking before age 15 are four times likelier to become alcoholics than those who do not drink before age 21.”
“Teen Tipplers: America’s Underage Drinking Epidemic,” werememberinc.org, Feb. 26, 2002
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Founder and Chairman Emeritus, The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, 1992-present
- Partner, Dewey Ballantine, 1983-1992
- Special Counsel, House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, 1982-1983
- Partner, Califano, Ross & Heineman, 1980-1983
- United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Jan. 25, 1977-Aug. 3, 1979
- Partner, Williams, Connolly & Califano, 1971-1977
- Partner, Arnold & Porter, 1969-1971
- Special Assistant to President Lyndon Johnson, 1965-1969
- Member, Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences
- Adjunct Professor of Public Health, Health and Policy Management, Columbia University Medical School and School of Public Health
- Director, CBS Corporation
- Director, Willis Group Holdings, Ltd.
- Advisory Council, American Foundation for AIDS Research
- Advisory Council, Council on Foreign Relations
- Trustee Emeritus, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- Education:
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- LLB, Harvard Law School, 1955
- BA, College of the Holy Cross, 1952
- Other:
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- Special Assistant to the United States Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense, Apr. 1, 1964-July 26, 1965
- Legal Advisor, United States Delegation to the Investigating Committee of the Organization of American States, 1964
- General Council of the United States Army, July 1, 1963-1964
- Special Assistant to the United States Secretary of the Army, July 1962-July 1, 1963
- Special Assistant to the General Counsel of the United States Department of Defense, Apr. 1961-July 1962
- Launched the nation’s first anti-smoking campaign as United States Secretary of Health Education, and Welfare
- Trustee, New York Presbyterian Hospital
- Trustee, New York Medical College
- Trustee, The Centuty Foundation
- Trustee, The Urban Institute
- Trustee, The American Ditchley Foundation
- Trustee, The LBJ Foundation
- Trustee, The National Health Museum
- Founding Chairman of the Board, Institute for Social and Economic Policy in the Middle East, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University