Robert Myers Ball was an American Social Security official, who served under three presidents, from 1962 to 1973, as Commissioner of Social Security. He is the longest-serving head of the Social Security Administration to date. He also founded the National Academy for Social Insurance. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1935, and in 1936 received a master's degree in economics from the same institution. After working three years in private industry, Mr. Ball joined the field organization of the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, predecessor to the present Social Security Administration, in 1939. He held various field jobs, including manager of a New Jersey district office, before transferring to central office. In early 1946, Mr. Ball temporarily left the Bureau to work for the American Council on Education, and then, during part of 1947 and 1948 he served as staff director of the Advisory Council on Social Security to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance. Mr. Ball returned to BOASI in 1949 as assistant director in charge of the Division of Program Analysis. 

March 28th, 1914 in United States of America  /  Died:   Jan 29th, 2008 - Congestive Heart Failure