Background
Ball, Robert Myers was born on March 28, 1914 in New York City. Son of Archey Decatur and Laura Elizabeth (Crump) Ball.
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Much of the public concern about the future of Social Security stems from widespread misinformation about the financing of the present system -- misinformation reported so often that it has become part of the conventional wisdom. More than anything else, this accounts for the growing lack of confidence in the system, particularly among younger Americans, and adds to the difficulty of developing a sensible policy to address the manageable impact of the baby boom generation's future retirement. In this book, former commissioner of Social Security Robert M. Ball corrects an array of misunderstandings, analyzes the drawbacks of proposals to partially privatize the program, and provides his own ideas for reform. A straightforward analysis of the essential facts and figures concerning the program, economic projections, and the impact of various reform proposals, this book will help anyone who cares about one of the nation's most important policy debates to quickly understand why Social Security can be saved without radical overhaul.
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Ball, Robert Myers was born on March 28, 1914 in New York City. Son of Archey Decatur and Laura Elizabeth (Crump) Ball.
AB, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1935. Master of Arts, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1936. Degree (honorary), Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut.
Degree (honorary), U Maryland. Degree (honorary), Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
With, Bureau Old Age and Survivors Insurance, Social Security Board, 1939-1946;
assistant director, Bureau Old Age and Survivors Insurance, Social Security Board, 1949-1952;
acting director, Bureau Old Age and Survivors Insurance, Social Security Board, 1953;
deputy director, Bureau Old Age and Survivors Insurance, Social Security Board, 1953-1962;
commissioner of social security, Bureau Old Age and Survivors Insurance, Social Security Board, 1962-1973;
senior scholar, Institute Medicine, National Academy Sciences, 1973-1981;
writer, lecturer, consultant, since 1981. Assistant director commission on education and social security American Council on Education, 1946-1949. Staff director pension study National Planning Association, 1950-1952.
Staff director advisory county Social Security, 1948-1949, chairman 1965, member 1979, 91, 96. Member National Commision on Social Security Reform, 1982-1983, White House Conference on Social Security, 1998.
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Member of National Academy Social Insurance (founding chairman board), Gerontological Society of America (award 1996), National Council Aging (Ollie Randall award 1983), National Academy Public Administration, Institute Medicine (Lienhard award 1991, Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare award 2003, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt award for Distinguished Service 2005), Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Married Doris Jacqueline McCord, June 30, 1936. Children: Robert Jonathan, Jacqueline Ball Smith.