# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-a-califano-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:25:05.067Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-a-califano-jr"
name: "Joseph A. Califano, Jr."
slug: "joseph-a-califano-jr"
description: "Joseph Anthony Califano Jr. is an American attorney, professor, and public servant. He is known for the roles he played in shaping welfare policies in the cabinets of Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Jimmy Carter and for serving as United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in the Carter administration. He is also the founder and chairman of The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASAColumbia), an evidence-based research organization, which is now the Partnership to End Addiction, where Califano holds the title of Chair Emeritus."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JAC_AR_2007.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1931-05-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.27
  momentum:             3.272727272727273
  historical:           7.064476
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_A._Califano_Jr."
    title: "Joseph A. Califano Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A7%D9%89._%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "چوزيف اى. كاليفانو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C._%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88_%D8%AC%D8%B1."
    title: "جوزف ائی. کالیفانو جر."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_A._Califano"
    title: "Joseph A. Califano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_A._Califano_Jr."
    title: "Joseph A. Califano Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_A._Califano%2C_Jr."
    title: "Joseph A. Califano, Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%8E"
    title: "ジョセフ・アンソニー・カリファノ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84"
    title: "Калифано, Джозеф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1706385"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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