Marion Bayard Folsom (November 23, 1893 – September 27, 1976) was an American government official and businessman. He served as the U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare from 1955 to 1958 under

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Biography

Folsom was born in McRae, Georgia. He was the son of William Bryant Folsom and Margaret Jane (''née'' McRae). Folsom graduated from the

University of Georgia , mottoeng = "To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things.""To serve" was later added to the motto without changing the seal; the Latin motto directly translates as "To teach and to inquire into the nature of things." , establ ...

, and he received a master's degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. In 1914, Folsom joined the Eastman Kodak Company. After serving with the Army in

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, he returned to Kodak where he developed one of the nation's first private industry social security plans. Folsom married Mary Davenport, on November 16, 1918, with whom he had three children, Jane McRae, Marion Bayard, Jr. and Frances Folsom. He served as a captain in the U.S. Army during World War I and was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1934, Folsom was appointed by President

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as a member of an Advisory Council on Economic Security, which laid the foundation for the present Social Security program. He served from 1935 to 1953 as a Treasurer of the

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. After resigning from Eastman Kodak, he became the Under Secretary of the Treasury from 1953 to 1955. He served as the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare with

from August 1, 1955, following the resignation of

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, until July 31, 1958. Folsom commuted between his job as the treasurer for Eastman Kodak in

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, and various Washington posts. He died in

, on September 27, 1976. Folsom was buried in

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* 1893 births 1976 deaths American Presbyterians United States Secretaries of Health, Education, and Welfare Burials at Arlington National Cemetery Eisenhower administration cabinet members 20th-century American politicians People from McRae, Georgia Harvard Business School alumni New York (state) Republicans University of Georgia alumni {{US-gov-bio-stub