Title:

Letter from Lyndon B. Johnson to Mary Lasker

Creator:

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
United States. Congress. Senate

Recipient:

Lasker, Mary

Date:

9 November 1958

Description:

Lasker developed a close political relationship with President Johnson, who credited modern medical science with saving his life after he suffered a heart attack in 1958. Lasker had Johnson and his wife Lady Bird Johnson for lunch at her New York townhouse, spent a night at the White House, and met with Johnson several times to discuss health matters, all in the first two months of his presidency. Johnson was moved to add medical research and health care delivery initiatives to his Great Society programs by "the insistence of that lovely Lady, Mrs. Mary Lasker" and the "grim facts" about the continuing toll of disease she presented to him.

Original Repository:

Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Mary Lasker Papers

Location:

Box: 681

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Myocardial Infarction

Format:

Text

Extent:

1 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Mary Lasker Papers. 12417

Legacy ID:

TLBBLS

NLM ID:

101584665X181

Profiles Collection:

The Mary Lasker Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584665X181

Story Section:

From Bench to Bedside: Mary Lasker and the Drive for "Payoff" from Medical Research