Gwendolyn King

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Gwendolyn S. King (born September 23, 1940)[1] is an American businesswoman. From 1989 to 1992 she was the 11th Commissioner of the U.S. Social Security Administration.[2]

Early life

King attended Howard University as an undergraduate, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in French and education in 1962.[3][4] She later attended the George Washington University for graduate courses in public administration.[3][4]

Career

King began her career teaching in Niagara Falls, New York and Washington, DC.[1]

Beginning in 1971, she worked for the Department of Health and Human Services (then called the Department of Health, Education and Welfare).[4]

From 1978 to 1979,[1] she served as senior legislative assistant to Senator John Heinz.[5]

In 1986, she was appointed Deputy Assistant to President Ronald Reagan and Director of the office for Intergovernmental Affairs.[6]

In 1989, President George H.W. Bush appointed King as Commissioner of the Social Security Administration.[7] King became the 11th Commissioner[1] and the first black woman to hold the position.[4] She served through 1992.[8]

King is a retired member of the board of directors of Marsh and McLennan Companies, Lockheed-Martin Corporation and Monsanto Company.[9] She is also formerly a director of Pharmacia. She is also a past director of the National Association of Corporate Directors.[10]

Awards

King has been awarded honorary doctorates from the University of New Haven, the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, and Howard University.[3]

Personal life

King is married to Colbert I. King, Washington Post columnist and the editorial page's deputy editor.[11] The two met at Howard in the late 1950s[12] and married in 1961.[13] They have three adult children.

References

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Political offices
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
1986–1988
Served alongside: Mitch Daniels, Frank Donatelli (Political and Intergovernmental Affairs)Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Commissioner of the Social Security Administration
1989–1992 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by

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