John Alanson Perkins (1914–1982) was an American academic, academic administrator and politician. He served as president of the

University of Delaware The University of Delaware (colloquially known as UD, UDel, or Delaware) is a Statutory college#Delaware, privately governed, state-assisted Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Newark, Delaware, United States. UD offers f ...

from 1950 to 1967 (on leave from 1957 to 1958) and served as the United States Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from April 1957 to March 1958.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Perkins, John Alason United States deputy secretaries of health and human services University of Delaware people 1914 births 1982 deaths