Philip R. Lee

Philip Randolph Lee (born April 17, 1924) is an American physician who served as the United States Assistant Secretary for Health and Human Services under President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1965 to 1969 and President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1998.

Philip Randolph Lee
United States Assistant Secretary for Health and Human Services
In office
1965–1969
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byRoger O. Egeberg
In office
1993–1998
Preceded byJames O. Mason
Succeeded byDavid Satcher
Personal details
Born (1924-04-17) April 17, 1924
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Spouse(s)Catherine Lockridge (m.1953–?)
Carroll Estes (m.1980)
Childrenfive
Alma materStanford University
Professionacademic, physician

Phil came from a family of doctors. His father, Dr. Russel Van Arsdale Lee, was known for founding the Palo Alto Clinic. Phil's oldest brother, Dr. Richard Stanford Lee, practiced obstetrics and gynecology at the Palo Alto Clinic. The next oldest sibling, Dr. Peter Van Arsdale Lee, became Dean at the University of Southern California School of Medicine. Phil's younger brother, Dr. Hewlett Lee, was a surgeon at the Palo Alto Clinic. The youngest sibling, Dr. Margo Lee Paulsen, worked in family planning. Also, brother-in-law Bill Lutgens was a physician in San Francisco, California.

Phil Lee earned his medical degree at Stanford University. Following service in the Navy, including a tour of duty in the Korean War, he also did postdoctoral education at the Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at New York University Medical Center and University of Minnesota at the Mayo Clinic.[1] He returned home to California, and joined the Palo Alto Clinic where he worked as an internist. In 1963, he decided to go into public service. Prior to his appointment to Assistant Secretary for Health and Human Services in 1965, he served as Director of Health Services for the U.S. State Department’s Agency for International Development. From 1972 to 1993, he was Director of the University of California San Francisco Institute for Health Policy Studies; previously from 1969 to 1971, he had served as chancellor of that university.[2]

Phil returned home again to California. He resumed his scholarly research at the Institute for Health Policy Studies. At the same time he taught graduate seminars in Health Policy at Stanford. After retiring, he and his wife moved to Manhattan.

References
  1. "Philip Randolph Lee - Biography - A History of UCSF". history.library.ucsf.edu.
  2. "Lee (Philip Randolph) Papers". www.oac.cdlib.org.
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