What is F. David Mathews?
{{Infobox officeholder |birth_name=Forrest David Mathews |name = F. David Mathews |image=F._David_Mathews.jpg |order=11th |title=[[United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare]] |term_start=August 8, 1975 |term_end=January 20, 1977 |predecessor=[[Caspar Weinberger]] |successor=[[Joseph A. Califano Jr.]] |president=[[Gerald Ford]] |order2= |title2= |term_start2= |term_end2= |predecessor2= |successor2= |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1935|12|6|mf=y}} |birth_place=[[Grove Hill, Alabama]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Biographical Directory of the United States Executive Branch, 1774-1989 |last1=Robert |first1=David |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year= 1990 |page=246 }}</ref> |death_date= |death_place= |spouse= |party=[[Independent (politician)|Unaffiliated]] |alma_mater= [[University of Alabama]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]])}}<br />[[Columbia University]] {{small|([[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]])}} |religion= |branch= |battles= }} '''Forrest David Mathews''' (born December 6, 1935) is an American politician. He served as the 11th [[United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare]] from 1975 to 1977 during the administration of President [[Gerald R. Ford]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=5161 |title=Gerald R. Ford: Remarks at the Swearing In of David Mathews as Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare |publisher=Presidency.ucsb.edu |date=August 8, 1975 |access-date=September 16, 2013}}</ref> Since the 1980s he has been president and chief executive officer of the [[Kettering Foundation]]. He is the author of several books on democratic practice and education. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://acumen.lib.ua.edu/search/all/David%20Mathews David Mathew's speeches and photographs during his time as president of The University of Alabama] from University Libraries Division of Special Collections {{DEFAULTSORT:Mathews, F. David}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:United States Secretaries of Health, Ed