Kenneth S. Apfel

Ken Apfel
Official portrait, 2001
13th Commissioner of the Social Security Administration
In office September 29, 1997 – January 19, 2001
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Shirley Chater John J. Callahan (acting)
Succeeded by	Jo Anne B. Barnhart Bill Halter (acting)
Personal details
Born	(1948-10-12) October 12, 1948 (age 76) Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Education	University of Massachusetts Amherst (BA) Northeastern University (MEd) University of Texas at Austin (MPA)

Kenneth S. Apfel (born October 12, 1948) was the 13th Commissioner of Social Security in the United States, filling a four-year term of office that ran from 1997 through 2001.^[1]