Edward Brandt Assistant Secretary for Health Speech Collection
Abstract
Collection of 122 speeches and/or talking points delivered between 1981-1984 by Brandt while Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services during the Ronald Reagan Presidency. These speeches reflect Brandt's communication of official Reagan Administration policy and do not reflect much of the anti-administration work Brandt also conducted behind the scenes.
Dates
- Creation: 1981-1984
Extent
1 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Creator
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Language of Materials
Collection materials primarily in English
Restrictions
Collection is not restricted. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access.
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Biographical Note
Dr. Edward N. Brandt Jr., was born in Oklahoma City on July 3, 1933. He earned his undergraduate, medical and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Oklahoma and a master's from Oklahoma State University.
After training in internal medicine at the University of Oklahoma, he joined its medical faculty in 1961, teaching preventive medicine and eventually becoming associate dean and associate director of the medical center. In 1970, he moved to the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, where he eventually became executive dean.
From 1977 to 1981, Dr. Brandt was in Austin as vice chancellor of health affairs for the University of Texas System.
He was assistant secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and acting surgeon general of the Public Health Service from 1981-1984. He oversaw the nation's initial response to AIDS and, in contrast to President Reagan's policies, worked diligently behind the scenes to ensure AIDS research maintained a top research priority for the Public Health Service.
(NY Times obituary http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/01/us/01brandt.html)
Collection Summary
Collection of 122 speeches and/or talking points delivered between 1981-1984 by Brandt while Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services during the Ronald Reagan presidency. These speeches reflect Brandt's communication of official Reagan Administration policy and do not reflect much of the anti-administration work Brandt also conducted behind the scenes.
While much of the content of the speeches is directed specifically to each audience, there are some common themes present that communicate the strategic direction DHHS was taking during this time period: fiscal responsibility and proper prioritization during a time of recession and the economic hard times of the 1980s; philiosophical change from the federal government being a direct agent of health policy and research to a supporter of state government-centric activities; development of block grants for basic services to states; need to deliver results of research directly to consumers; developing local health promotion and disease prevention programs, especially anti-smoking and infant care programs; shift from the federal government carrying out basic research centered on its perceptions of national needs to supporting local research programs developed around local needs; the need for increased personal and social responsibilities for good health.
Abstract
Collection of 122 speeches and/or talking points delivered between 1981-1984 by Brandt while Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services during the Ronald Reagan Presidency. These speeches reflect Brandt's communication of official Reagan Administration policy and do not reflect much of the anti-administration work Brandt also conducted behind the scenes.
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Provenance
Gift, DHHS, Accession #2002-057.
General
- Processed by
- John P. Rees
- Processing Completed
- May 2008
- Encoded by
- John P. Rees
Creator
Subject
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Edward Brandt Assistant Secretary for Health Speech Collection, 1981-1984
- Status
- Unverified Partial Draft
- Author
- John P. Rees
- Date
- May 2008
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English
- Edition statement
- 1.0
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