Kenneth S. Apfel

Ken Apfel
Official portrait, 2001
13th Commissioner of the Social Security Administration
In office
September 29, 1997  January 19, 2001
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byJohn J. Callahan (acting)
Succeeded byBill Halter (acting)
Personal details
Born (1948-10-12) October 12, 1948
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationUniversity 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.