Wilbur Cohen

Audio Recording

House Ways & Means Committee

MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO WILBUR J. COHEN


June 17, 1987

photo of Wilbur Cohen on August 1985
Wilbur Cohen at SSA Headquarters
on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Social Security Act, August 1985.
SSA History Archives.

On June 17, 1987, one month after his death, many of Wilbur Cohen's friends and colleagues met in the U.S. House of Representatives Committee Room for a memorial tribute to him. These remarks are one of the finest summary statements of the impact of Wilbur Cohen's career. (Audio recordings courtesy of Robert M. Ball.)
Introduction By Congressman J. J. "Jake" Pickle (D-TX) (4:32)
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Remarks By Congressman Claude Pepper (D-FL) (6:39)
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Additional Remarks By Congressman Pickle (4:24)
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Remarks By Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MS) (8:18)
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Remarks By Robert M. Ball (3:23)
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Remarks By Secretary Arthur Flemming (11:38)
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Remarks By Congressman Andrew Jacobs (D-IN) (2:33)
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Remarks By Congressman Willis D. Gradison (R-OH) (3:08)
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Remarks By Senator Timothy Wirth (D-CO) (2:33)
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Remarks By Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA) (2:51)
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Remarks By Secretary Joseph Califano (2:33)
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Remarks By Secretary Elliot Richardson (7:21)
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Remarks By Maurine Mulliner (9:36)
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Remarks By Dean Costin (7:35)
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Additional Remarks By Congressman Pickle (1:02)
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Remarks By Audrey Wright (5:47)
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Remarks By Dean Mac Sherman (1:40)
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Remarks By Ken Young (3:27)
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Remarks By Theodore Marmor (7:15)
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Remarks By Secretary John Gardner (5:28)
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Remarks By Sid Johnson (6:54)
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Remarks By Bruce Cohen & Closing Musical Selection (4:10)
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