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Nov 3, 2020 · Dr. Philip R. Lee, who as a leading federal health official and fighter for social justice under President Lyndon B. Johnson wielded government Medicare money as a cudgel to desegregate the...
- Pioneer of Health Policy Research
- Champion of Diversity and Racial Equity
- Impact on National Health Policy
As chancellor, Lee presided over the ongoing and steady growth of biomedical research at UCSF while seeking to create a “fifth school” (complementing dentistry, medicine, nursing, and pharmacy) that would integrate health policy, public health, and the social and behavioral sciences. Many of his initial efforts were blocked by then-Governor Ronald ...
During protests for equal rights in the late 1960s, Chancellor Lee worked closely with the UCSF Black Caucus, a group of employees who had organized service workers on campus. Lee addressed grievances and demands raised by the Caucus regarding unequal pay and other discriminatory employment practices. The Black Caucus also advocated for greater rac...
Born at Stanford Hospital on April 17, 1924, Lee was the third son of Russel Van Arsdale Lee, MD, founder of the Palo Alto Medical Clinic (now the Palo Alto Medical Foundation). He graduated from Stanford School of Medicine and served in the U.S. Navy medical service during the Korean War. He then completed additional postgraduate training before j...
Feb 3, 2021 · February 3, 2021. Reading time 4 min. By John Roemer. As part of an ambitious effort to overhaul America’s health-care system, Philip Lee bucked entrenched bias by including a dose of racial justice—tying the new Medicare law to hospital desegregation. Photo: Stanford Medicine.
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Contact information. Philip Lee is a Professor of Law who teaches Civil Rights & Civil Liberties, Property, Race and the Law, and Education Law. He came to St. John’s in 2023 from UDC David A. Clarke School of Law, where he taught for ten years.
Philip Randolph Lee (April 17, 1924 – October 27, 2020) was an American physician who served as the United States Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs under President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1965 to 1969 and President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1998. Lee came from a family of doctors.
Nov 6, 2020 · Philip Lee, physician and LBJ official who rolled out Medicare, dies at 96. By Emily Langer. November 5, 2020 at 11:52 p.m. EST. Philip R. Lee, left, served as assistant secretary for...
