Louis Wade Sullivan

Louis Wade Sullivan (born November 3, 1933) is an American physician and businessman. He served as the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under President George H. W. Bush and founded the Morehouse School of Medicine.

Sullivan is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy. ^[1]

Biography

Although he was born in Atlanta, Georgia, his parents moved to rural Blakely, Georgia, shortly after he was born. His father was an mortician and his mother worked as a teacher there. His parents sent him, and his brother Walter, to live with friends in Atlanta where the educational opportunities were better.

Louis attended Atlanta public schools and then enrolled at Morehouse College. He graduated from there magna cum laude in 1954. He then went to Boston University Medical School, where he graduated in 1958. He did a residency at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University.

He, along with other Morehouse alumni, spearheaded the formation of Morehouse School of Medicine. In 1978, he was appointed as the dean and founding director of the medical school.

He married Eve Williamson, an attorney, on September 30, 1955. They have three children.

Sullivan is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.^[2]

From 1989 through 1993, Sullivan was Secretary of Health and Human Services for President George H. W. Bush. In that position, he helped create President Bush's proposal for healthcare reform in the United States.^[3] In 1990 Sullivan was attacked as a "disgrace to his race" by Pete Stark, a white Democrat from California, for opposing Stark's views on healthcare.^[4]

Beginning June 27, 2007, Sullivan embarked a nationwide campaign to discuss the consequences of "cost-over-care" health delivery. As one of the nation's leading public health policy experts, Sullivan advocates a "symphony of health care delivery," where each aspect of a given health plan is transparent and fully appreciated. He seeks to amend the current over-emphasis on one service area, such as cost, and create a symphonic system that focuses on other key elements.

References

1. ^ http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/index.php?en_advisoryboard
2. ^ (2007). Attention Alpha College Presidents
3. ^ Sullivan LW (September 1992). "The Bush administration's health care plan". N. Engl. J. Med. 327 (11): 801–4. doi:10.1056/NEJM199209103271111. PMID 1501656. 
4. ^ Report on Stark's 2007 use of taunting remarks about sexual orientation in a congressional debate

[1] Official Website for Louis W. Sullivan, M.D.