What is Joseph A. Califano Jr.?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Joseph A. Califano Jr. | image = JAC_AR_2007.jpg | imagesize = 217px | caption = | order = 12th | office = United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare | term_start = January 25, 1977 | term_end = August 3, 1979 | appointer = [[Jimmy Carter]] | predecessor = [[F. David Mathews]] | successor = [[Patricia Roberts Harris|Patricia R. Harris]] | birth_name = Joseph Anthony Califano Jr. | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1931|5|15}} | birth_place = [[Brooklyn, New York|Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[United States]] | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | nationality = [[United States|American]] | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | spouse = {{marriage|Hilary Byers Califano|March 5, 1983}} | children = Mark Gerald Califano<br/>Joseph Anthony Califano III<br/>Claudia Frances Califano<br/>Brooke Byers Califano<br/>John Byers Califano | alma_mater = [[College of the Holy Cross]] (1952)<br/>[[Harvard Law School]] (1955) | occupation = [[Government]] | profession = [[Politician]] | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Joseph Anthony Califano Jr.''' (born May 15, 1931) is a retired American politician. He served as [[United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare]] from 1977 through 1979 under the [[Jimmy Carter]] administration. He is the founder and chairman of [[The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University]] (CASAColumbia), an [[evidence-based research]] organization. He is one of two living former Secretaries of Health, Education, and Welfare (the other is his predecessor, [[F. David Mathews]]). He has been Adjunct Professor of Public Health (Health Policy and Management) at [[Columbia University