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词条 Gwendolyn King
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  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. Awards

  4. Personal life

  5. References

{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Gwendolyn King
|office = Commissioner of the Social Security Administration
|president = Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
|term_start = August 1, 1989
|term_end = September 30, 1992
|predecessor = Dorcas Hardy
|successor = Louis Enoff {{small|(Acting)}}
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|8|23}}
|birth_place = {{nowrap|East Orange, New Jersey, U.S.}}
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = Republican
|spouse = Colbert I. King
|education = Howard University {{small|(BA)}}
George Washington University {{small|(MPA)}}
}}Gwendolyn S. King (born in East Orange, New Jersey)[1] is an American businesswoman. From 1989 to 1992 she was the 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][3] She later attended the George Washington University, where she earned a master's degree in public administration in 1974.[4][3]

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).[3]

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.[3] She served through 1992.[8]

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

Awards

King has been awarded honorary doctorates from the University of New Haven and the University of Maryland-Baltimore County.[4]

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 children,[11] including Rob King, senior vice president of SportsCenter and News at ESPN.[14]

References

1. ^{{Cite web|url=https://digitalcollections.library.cmu.edu/portal/main.jsp?flag=browse&smd=1&awdid=30|title="Gwendolyn Stewart King"|last=U.S. Department of Health and Human Services|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=October 22, 2017}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mmc.com/about/board.php|title=Board of Directors and Executive Officers|work=MMC|accessdate=6 December 2010}}
3. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=93SDBwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA289&ots=kDLmtw3pvn&dq=%22gwendolyn%20stewart%20king%22%20east%20orange%20new%20jersey&pg=PA289#v=onepage&q=%22gwendolyn%20stewart%20king%22%20east%20orange%20new%20jersey&f=false|title=Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Historical Events|last=Smith|first=Jessie Carney|date=2012 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |isbn=9781578594245|location=|pages=289|language=en}}
4. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VpYZDgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA204&ots=6HhCxVoNF7&dq=gwendolyn%20king%20-comey%20howard&pg=PA204#v=onepage&q=gwendolyn%20king%20-comey%20howard&f=false|title=American Women Leaders: 1,560 Current Biographies|last=Hawkins|first=Carol Hooks|date=2008 |publisher=McFarland|year=|isbn=9780786452750|location=|pages=204|language=en}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ssa.gov/history/king.html|title=Social Security Online History Pages|accessdate=6 December 2010}}
6. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.reaganlibrary.archives.gov/archives/speeches/1986/41786b.htm|title=Appointment of Gwendolyn S. King as Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs|last=|first=|date=April 17, 1986|website=Reagan Library|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=October 22, 2017}}
7. ^{{Cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1989-07-15/news/mn-2999_1_social-security-administration|title=Gwendolyn King Selected to Head Social Security|last=Associated Press|first=|date=1989-07-15|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2017-10-23|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}
8. ^{{Cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1992-10-02/news/mn-359_1_social-security-administration|title=Acting Social Security Chief|last=Associated Press|first=|date=1992-10-02|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2017-10-23|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=https://people.forbes.com/profile/gwendolyn-s-king/49899|title=Gwendolyn S. King Profile - Forbes.com|work=Forbes|accessdate=6 December 2010}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=608160&ticker=LMT:US&previousCapId=7936549&previousTitle=Space%20Foundation|title=Gwendolyn King: Executive Profile & Biography - BusinessWeek|work=Bloomberg Businessweek|accessdate=6 December 2010}}
11. ^{{Cite news|url=https://nationalpress.org/award-winner/colbert-i-king/|title=Colbert I. King|last=|first=|date=|work=National Press Foundation|access-date=2017-10-23|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en-US}}
12. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36619-2005Feb18.html|title=For Redder, for Bluer|last=King|first=Colbert I.|date=February 19, 2005|work=The Washington Post|access-date=October 22, 2017|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}
13. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/colbert-i-king-40|title=Colbert I. King|last=|first=|date=May 4, 2005|website=www.thehistorymakers.org|publisher=The HistoryMakers|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-10-21}}
14. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.poynter.org/news/rob-king-and-colbert-i-king-journalism-fatherhood-and-new-generation|title=Rob King and Colbert I. King on journalism, fatherhood and a new generation|last=Hare|first=Kristen|date=June 18, 2016|work=Pontyer|access-date=October 21, 2017|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}
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