Kenneth S. Apfel

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Ken Apfel
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Commissioner of the Social Security Administration
In office
September 29, 1997 – January 19, 2001
President Bill Clinton
Preceded by Shirley S. Chater
Succeeded by Jo Anne B. Barnhart
Personal details
Born October 1948 (age 75)
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
Political party Democratic Party
Alma mater University of Massachusetts Amherst
Northeastern University
University of Texas

Kenneth S. Apfel (born 1948 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) was the 13th Commissioner of Social Security in the United States, filling a four-year term of office that ran from 1997 through 2001.

Background

A graduate of University of Massachusetts Amherst, Northeastern University, and University of Texas at Austin, Apfel started his federal career as a Presidential Management Intern at the United States Department of Labor. [1]

Since 2006, he has held the position of Professor at the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy.[2]

Prior to becoming Commissioner of the Social Security Administration in 1997, he had served as Associate Director for Human Resources at the Office of Management and Budget since 1995, and as Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget at the United States Department of Health and Human Services from 1993 to 1995. [3]


References

  1. http://www.socialsecurity.gov/history/apfel.html
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  3. http://www.socialsecurity.gov/history/apfel.html

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