# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/f-david-mathews
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:44:59.374Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/f-david-mathews"
name: "F. David Mathews"
slug: "f-david-mathews"
description: "Forrest David Mathews is an American politician who served as the 11th United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare during the administration of President Gerald Ford from 1975 to 1977. He also served two nonconsecutive terms as the president of the University of Alabama. In 1983, Mathews was elected as a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. He served as president and chief executive officer of the Kettering Foundation from 1981 to 2022. He is President and CEO of The Center for Citizenship Community and Democracy (CCCD). He is the author of several books on democratic practice and education."
tagline: "American academic and politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/F._David_Mathews.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1935-12-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.46
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.883586666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "F. David Mathews"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump