Larry DeWitt Name: Larry William DeWitt Secondary education: Holbrook High School, Holbrook, Arizona, May 1967 Post-Secondary education: Graduate Student, Ph.D. program in Public Policy, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 2005-date. University of Maryland Baltimore County, M.A. degree in Historical Studies, 2004. Graduate Student, Ph.D. program in History & Philosophy of Science, Indiana University, 1973-1975. No degree. Indiana University Graduate Fellow 1973-1974 Indiana University Graduate Assistant 1974-1975 Northern Arizona University, 1969-1973. B.S. degree in Psychology, minor in Philosophy, degree received May 1973 Graduation cum laude; Member, Phi Kappa Phi scholastic honorary society; Recipient, Ida B. McGill academic scholarship PUBLICATIONS: Books & Book Chapters DeWitt, Larry  & Berkowitz, Edward D. "Lyndon Johnson’s Legacy in Health Care" chapter in Lerner, Mitchele B. (ed.) A Companion to Lyndon B. Johnson, Wiley-Blackwell, forthcoming. DeWitt, Larry "Frances Perkins and the Administration of the Social Security Program" chapter in Briesach, Christopher and Downey, Kirsten (eds.) A Promise to all Generations: Stories & Essays about Social Security and Frances Perkins,  (Frances Perkins Center, 2011): 91-102. Berkowitz, Edward D. & DeWitt, Larry, "Social Security from the New Deal to the Great Society: Expanding the Public Domain," chapter in Glenn, Brian and Teles, Steve (eds.) Conservatism and American Political Development (Oxford University Press) 2009: 53-85. DeWitt, Larry; Béland, Daniel & Berkowitz, Edward D. (eds.), Social Security: A Documentary History, (Washington, D.C., Congressional Quarterly Press) 2008. {Selected as one of the Outstanding Academic Titles of 2008 by the American Library Association; selected as Finalist/Honorable Mention in the 2008 PROSE Awards by the American Association of Publishers.} MEDIA APPEARANCES: Appeared on C-Span television network program as part of 2010 event at the FDR Presidential Library. Appeared as a history commentator on television program "The Retirement Revolution," broadcast nationwide over the PBS network in April 2008. PUBLICATIONS: Encyclopedia Entries “Social Security,” (with Edward D. Berkowitz), in Quirk, Paul and Cunion, William (eds.), Governing America: Major Policies and Decisions of Federal, State, and Local Government. (Facts on File, 2011): 809-819. "Reparations, Japanese Internment," encyclopedia entry, Encyclopedia of the Culture Wars, (Armonk, N.Y., M. E. Sharpe, 2010) 467-468. "Social Security," encyclopedia entry, Encyclopedia of the Culture Wars, (Armonk, N.Y., M. E. Sharpe, 2010) 521-523. “Cohen, Wilbur J.,” encyclopedia entry, Biographical Dictionary of American Economists , (London, Thoemmes Continuum, 2006): 162-163. “Cohen, Wilbur J.,” encyclopedia entry, Encyclopedia of Social Welfare History in North America, (Thousand Oaks, California, Sage Publishers, 2004): 60-61. “Ball, Robert M.,” encyclopedia entry, Encyclopedia of Social Welfare History in North America, (Thousand Oaks, California, Sage Publishers, 2004): 39-40. “Altmeyer, Arthur J.,” encyclopedia entry, Encyclopedia of Social Welfare History in North America, (Thousand Oaks, California, Sage Publishers, 2004): 29-30. “Burns, Eveline M.,” encyclopedia entry, Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary, Completing the Twentieth Century, (Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 2004): 94-96. PUBLICATIONS: Articles & Essays “The Decision to Exclude Agricultural and Domestic Workers from the 1935 Social Security Act,” Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 70, No. 4, 2010: 49-68. “The Development of Social Security in America,” Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 70, No. 3, 2010: 1-26. “Frances Perkins: Political Architect of Social Security,” OASIS, Summer 2009, pgs. 9-10. "Financing Social Security 1939-1949: A Reexamination of the Financing Policies of this Period,” Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 67, No. 4, 2007 (June 2008): 51-69. "The Future Social Security Debate," The Independent Voice, April/May 2008: 8-9. "Chronic Politics: Health Care Security from FDR to George W. Bush," book review, Bulletin of the History of Medicine, Vol. 80, No. 3, Fall 2006: 605-606. Rosenblatt, Robert and DeWitt, Larry, “The Role of the Chief Actuary of Social Security," reprinted in Contingencies, July/August 2005: 40-45. “Creating, Preserving, and Using Federal Social Science Data," co-authored with: Effland, Anne B. W.; Pemberton, David M.; and Hull, Ted. Journal of Government Information, Volume 30, Issue 4, (2004): 451-462. Rosenblatt, Robert and DeWitt, Larry, “The Role of the Chief Actuary of Social Security,” National Academy of Social Insurance Social Security Brief, No. 17, June 2004, 1-6. “The Origins of the Social Security Appeals Process,” Federal Bar Association Social Security Section Newsletter, Spring 2001, pgs. 7-12. A Brief History of Social Security: Issued on Social Security’s 65th Anniversary, SSA Publication No. 21-059, August 2000, 30 pgs. (Revised and updated edition) Portions reprinted in 65 Years of American Life, Special 65th Anniversary Issue of OASIS magazine, August 2000. “Meet the (First) Chairman of the Board,” OASIS, Spring 2000, pgs. 14-15. "The Civilian War Benefits Program: SSA's First Disability Program," Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 60, No. 2, pgs. 68-76, 1997. "Mr. Social Security: The Life of Wilbur J. Cohen," (book review), Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 59, No. 1, pgs. 91-92, 1996. A Brief History of Social Security, SSA Publication No. 21-059, July 1995, 39 pgs. "Long-Range Strategic Planning: A Case Study," (a parody). The Public Manager, Fall 1992, pgs. 57-59. "The Fine Art of Interviewing," OASIS, October 1988, pgs. 14-15. "Technological Change and its Impact on the Management of Social Security Institutions," in collaboration with Herbert R. Doggette, Jr., Reports of the XXIII General Assembly of the International Social Security Association, September 1989, pgs. 1-42. "Civil Servants in Partisan Politics? Yes." Face-off with Bernard Rosen, former director of the Civil Service Commission, Op. Ed. in Washington Post, October 25, 1987. Pg. C-8. Systems Modernization Plan 1987--Field Edition, (with Tom Margenau), U. S. Social Security Administration Publication No. 48-003, December 1986, 58 pgs. "Consciousness, Mind & Self: The Implications of the Split-Brain Studies," British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 1975, 26(1): 41-47. "On Bloor's Transformation of Popper's Pluralism," Social Studies of Science, 1975, 5(2): 201-209. "The Hidden Assumption in MacKay's Logical Paradox Concerning Free Will," British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 1973, 24(4): 402-405. Papers Presented: “The Social Security Trust Funds in Historical Perspective,” Paper presented at annual conference of the Society for History in the Federal Government. National Archives II, College Park, MD. March 31, 2011. “Never a Finished Thing: The Story of Social Security’s First 75 Years,” Paper presented at conference on the 75th anniversary of key New Deal legislation. FDR Presidential Library, Hyde Park, NY, September 21, 2010. “Frances Perkins and the Creation of Social Security in America,” Paper presented at conference sponsored by the Frances Perkins Center, Harvard Club, NYC, January 14, 2010. "The History of Gender Distinctions in the U.S. Social Security Program," Paper presented at the Policy History Conference of the Journal for Policy History, St. Louis, Missouri, May 29-June 1, 2008. "Financing the Social Security Program 1939-1950: The Policy Origins, Impacts, and Implications of a Decade of Tax Rate Freezes," Paper presented at the Policy History Conference of the Journal for Policy History and the Miller Center for Public Affairs, Charlottesville, Virginia, June 1-4, 2006. "Conservatives and American Political Development: The Case of Social Security, 1934-1956," with Edward Berkowitz. Paper presented at the Policy History Conference of the Journal for Policy History and the Miller Center for Public Affairs, Charlottesville, Virginia, June 1-4, 2006. "Conservatives and American Political Development: The Case of Social Security, 1934-1956," with Edward Berkowitz. Paper presented at the Conference on Conservatism and American Political Development, Yale University, Center for the Study of American Politics, New Haven, Connecticut, February 24, 2006. "Some Issues in Creating, Preserving, and Using Federal Social Science Data: The Example of Social Security Data," presented as part of a panel discussion at the Annual Meeting of the Society for History in the Federal Government, Shepherdstown, W.V., March 14-15, 2003. "Economic Security in Times of Threat to National Security: The Social Security Program During World War II," paper presented at the 14th Annual Conference of the National Academy of Social Insurance, Washington, D.C., January 24-25, 2002. Electronic Publications: “The Obama Fiscal Commission’s Preliminary ‘Report’” published on the History News Network on 11/15/10. "Review of Victor Davis Hanson’s "The Father of Us All: War and History, Ancient and Modern" (Bloomsbury Press, 2010). Published on the History News Network on 07/13/10. "Review of Alan Brinkley's Franklin Delano Roosevelt" published on the History News Network on 02/04/10. "Review of John Lukacs' Last Rites" published on the History News Network on 08/02/09. "Why I Cannot Stand the Redesigned Smithsonian National Museum of American History," published on the History News Network on 06/22/09. "Deeper Into the Muck: Ward Churchill and the 'Everybody Does It' Defense," published on the History News Network on 04/13/09. "Ward Churchill: He's Baaack," published on the History News Network on 04/06/09. "Darwin's Great Work Was . . . ," published on the History News Network on 02/16/09. "Howard Zinn: The Historian as Don Quixote," published on the History News Network on 01/26/09. "The Follies of Instant History: Another Meaningless Poll of Historians," published on the History News Network on 04/07/08. "Robert Ball, Social Security Pioneer: A Personal Remembrance," on The Social Welfare History Project Website. "Framing the Future Social Security Debate," on The Social Welfare History Project Website. "Lew Daly's God & the Welfare State," (book review), published on the History News Network on 10/31/07. "How Historians Can Help Frame the Next Social Security Debate," published on the History News Network on 10/22/07. "Arthur J. Altmeyer: Social Security Pioneer," on The Social Welfare History Project Website. "Wilbur J. Cohen: Government Official, Educator, Social Welfare Expert,"on The Social Welfare History Project Website. "Social Security Administration,"on The Social Welfare History Project Website. Book Review of Charles Murray's In Our Hands , published on the History News Network on 10/9/06. Book Review of Francis Fukuyama's America at the Crosscroads, published on the History News Network  on 5/30/06. "Should Historians Try to Rank President Bush's Presidency?," published on the History News Network  on 5/22/06. "Research Notes," 1-23, on various topics in the history of the U.S. Social Security program, 1996-2005, available on the U. S. Social Security Administration website. "The 1937 Supreme Court Rulings on the Constitutionality of the Social Security Act," 1999, available on the U. S. Social Security Administration website. "The History and Development of the Social Security Retirement Earnings Test," August 1999, available on the U. S. Social Security Administration website. "John G. Winant, The First Chairman of the Social Security Board," May 1999, available on the U. S. Social Security Administration website. Current Projects: Nearing completion of a book manuscript on the philosophy of history, entitled: "Truth and Objectivity in History: in Defense of Declining Virtues." This manuscript attempts to recover for working historians a serviceable philosophy of history that restores the concepts of truth and objectivity in historical narrative. It is an explicit challenge to various forms of the postmodern critique of history. Websites: Created the history website for the U.S. Social Security Administration (http://www.socialsecurity.gov/history), which for many years has been the third-largest history site established in the federal government. 1996 - date Created a scholarly reference website on social insurance programs in the Gilded Age/Progressive Era that can be seen as precedents for similar programs in the era of the New Deal. This site contains a massive collection of documents, images, video and audio from the period documenting this theme. This website (SSinGAPE) is available via the web portal www.larrydewitt.net, which also contains other of my works. Courses Taught: Instructor for the history of Social Security segment for the training program for the Graduate Student Summer Intern Program of the National Academy of Social Insurance. 2002 - present Instructor for the history of Social Security segment of the Introductory Training Course for new employees of the U.S. Social Security Administration. I teach 9-10 sections each year, totaling about 500 students. 2000 - present Lecturer on history of Social Security to ad-hoc meetings of national and international groups, 1995- present. (Have lectured to over 50 such groups.) Curatorial Work: Curator for the History Room museum of Social Security history at the U. S. Social Security Administration, 1995 - date. Archival Work: Archivist for the Social Security Administration History Archives, 1995 - date. Professional memberships: Member, Organization of American Historians Elected to membership in the National Academy of Social Insurance, 1998 Member, Society for History in the Federal Government (SHFG) Member, Prize Committee for the annual Charles Thomson and James Madison Prizes from the SHFG Fellow, Council for Excellence in Government, 1993-1994 Career positions held: 2/95 - date: Agency Historian, U. S. Social Security Administration. 9/97 - 3/98: Triple appointment as SSA Historian, SSA Records Officer, and Director of the Center for History, Library & Records Management at the Social Security Administration. 1977-2/95: Various staff positions with the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), including a five-year stint as a policy analyst in the Office of the Commissioner at SSA, from 1990-1994.