Samuel Halperin Puck and Judge cartoon collection

Formerly Graphic Coll #10. The following biography is about the donor and is from the original finding aid: Dr. Samuel Halperin, who received his doctorate in Political Science from Washington University (St. Louis) in 1956, has held a variety of leadership positions in academia, the federal government, and non-profit organizations. As a congressional Fellow of the American Political Science Association, he worked on U.S. Senate and House of Representatives committees that dealt with major education legislation (1960-61). As Director of the U.S. Office of Education's Office of Congressional Relations and, later, as Assistant U. S. Commissioner of Education for Legislation, he participated in development and passage of such significant measures as the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the Higher Education Acts of 1963 and 1965. In 1966, Dr. Halperin joined the Office of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare where, as Deputy Assistant Secretary under Secretaries John W. Gardner and Wilbur J. Cohen, he continued work as an executive branch he was twice awarded HEW's Superior Service Award lobbyist" for passage of scores of Great Society measures in education and the social services. For these efforts