Social Security Pioneers, Black History Month Edition:
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Patricia R. Harris
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. During her tenure, the department was renamed Health and Human Services.
1979-1981
Info: https://www.ssa.gov/history/harris.html
Herbert R. Doggette, Jr.
Social Security Commissioner
January 1, 1980 to January 2, 1980 (Acting),
and, January 20, 1981 to May 5, 1981 (Acting)
Info: https://www.ssa.gov/history/doggette.html
Gwendolyn S. King
Commissioner of Social Security
August 1, 1989 to September 30, 1992
Info: https://www.ssa.gov/history/king.html
Carolyn W. Colvin
Acting Commissioner
February 14, 2013 - January 20, 2017
November 30, 2024 - January 2025
Info: https://www.ssa.gov/history/colvin.html
Ruth Pierce
Associate Deputy Commissioner for Regional Operations
Kilolo Kijakazi
Acting Commissioner
July 9, 2021 – December 20, 2023
Info: https://www.ssa.gov/history/kijakazi.html
And many contributors at all levels of the organization working day by day, year after year, in service to the American public.
More Social Security history: https://www.ssa.gov/history/ & #SSAHistGWC
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