OGC Key Personnel Archive of Former General Counsels

HHS has a rich history of leadership in the Office of the General Counsel. The following individuals were nominated by the President to serve as the General Counsel. Learn more about their lives in the biographies below:

• Thomas H. Eliot, 1935-37
• Fowler V. Harper, 1939-1940
• Jack B. Tate, 1937-1939 and 1940-1947
• Parke M. Banta, 1953-1960
• Alanson W. Willcox, 1961-1969
• Robert C. Mardian, 1969-1970
• Wilmot R. Hastings, 1970-1972
• John B. Rhinelander, 1973-1976
• William H. Taft, 1976-1977
• Peter L. Libassi, 1977-1979
• Richard I. Beattie, 1979
• Joan Z. Bernstein, 1979-1981
• Juan A. del Real, 1981-1984
• Ronald E. Robertson, 1985-1988
• Malcolm M.B. Sterrett, 1988-1989
• Michael J. Astrue, 1989-1992
• Harriet S. Rabb, 1993-2000
• Alex Azar, 2001-2005
• Dan Meron, 2006-2007

Presented for archival purposes.

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Last Updated: 2/17/2009