Dorcas Hardy

Dorcas Hardy
Official portrait
10th Commissioner of the Social Security Administration
In office
June 26, 1986 – July 31, 1989
PresidentRonald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
Preceded byJohn A. Svahn
Martha McSteen (acting)
Succeeded byGwendolyn King
Assistant Secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services
In office
January 1981 – 1986
Appointed byRonald Reagan
Personal details
Born
Dorcas Ruth Hardy

(1946-07-18)July 18, 1946
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedNovember 28, 2019(2019-11-28) (aged 73)
Spotsylvania County, Virginia, U.S.
Resting placeQuantico National Cemetery
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Samuel V. Spagnolo
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(m. 1996)​
EducationConnecticut College (BA)
Pepperdine University (MBA)
Harvard University (GrDip)

Dorcas Ruth Hardy Spagnolo (July 18, 1946 – November 28, 2019) was an American healthcare specialist.[1] She served as the 10th Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA) from 1986 to 1989. She was the first woman to serve as SSA Commissioner.[2] Hardy held conservative views and remained active in politics after her tenure.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Prior to her appointment as SSA Commissioner, Hardy was associate director of the Center for Health Services Research at the University of Southern California School of Medicine and was assistant secretary for health in California under then-governor Ronald Reagan.[12]

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  2. ^ "In Memory of Dorcas Hardy | SSAB". Social Security Advisory Board. 2019-12-06. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  3. ^ "Dorcas Hardy, assistant HHS secretary, heads the list of... - UPI Archives". United Press International. January 18, 1985. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  4. ^ Rosenblatt, Robert A. (August 15, 1995). "Ex-Chief of Social Security Calls for Privatizing Fund : Pension: Conservatives launch drive to replace federal benefits program with plans invested in stocks and bonds". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  5. ^ Longmore, Paul K. (1988-11-26). "Opinion | Crippling the Disabled". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  6. ^ Jilani, Zaid (November 10, 2016). "Donald Trump Ran on Protecting Social Security But Transition Team Includes Privatizers". The Intercept. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  7. ^ Henry, Tamara (January 8, 1987). "Social Security Commissioner Dorcas Hardy has denounced a group..." United Press International. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  8. ^ By (1986-08-19). "HARDY SOUL". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  9. ^ "Reflecting on the Contributions of Dorcas Hardy | ACL Administration for Community Living". acl.gov. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  10. ^ "Nomination of Dorcas R. Hardy To Be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services | The American Presidency Project". www.presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  11. ^ Finance, United States Congress Senate Committee on (1981). Nominations of Roger W. Mehle, Jr., Marc E. Leland, Lionel H. Olmer, Raymond J. Waldmann, John A. Svahn, and Dorcas R. Hardy: Hearings Before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, First Session, on Nominations of Roger W. Mehle, Jr., to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Marc E. Leland to be Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury Lionel H. Olmer to be Under Secretary of Commerce, Raymond J. Waldmann to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce, John A. Svahn to be Commissioner of Social Security, and Dorcas R. Hardy to be Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, April 23 and 28, 1981. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 36.
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