# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/arthur-sherwood-flemming
# Generated: 2026-08-15T15:38:36.557Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/arthur-sherwood-flemming"
name: "Arthur Sherwood Flemming"
slug: "arthur-sherwood-flemming"
description: "Arthur Sherwood Flemming was an American government official. He served as the United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from 1958 until 1961 under President Dwight D. Eisenhower's administration. Flemming was an important force in the shaping of Social Security policy for more than four decades. He also served as president of the University of Oregon, Ohio Wesleyan University, and Macalester College. In 1966, he was elected to a four-year term as president of the National Council of Churches, the leading Christian ecumenical organization in the United States. From 1974 to 1981, he was the chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights."
tagline: "American academic and politician (1905-1996)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ArthurSFlemming.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1905-06-12"
deathDate: "1996-09-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.35
  momentum:             1.143695014662756
  historical:           5.680346666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Flemming"
    title: "Arthur Flemming"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B1%D8%AB%D8%B1_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%88%D8%AF_%D9%81%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%86%D8%BA"
    title: "آرثر شيروود فليمنغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Flemming"
    title: "Arthur Flemming"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%2C_%D0%90%D1%80%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80_%D0%A8%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D1%83%D0%B4"
    title: "Флемминг, Артур Шервуд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_S._Flemming"
    title: "Arthur S. Flemming"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Flemming"
    title: "Arthur Flemming"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q709371"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump