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1991.04.24 :  Appointment -- Lou Enoff

Contact: Phil Gambino or Frank Battistelli (301) 965-8904
(Baltimore, MD)
April 24, 1991

     HHS Secretary Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., today announced the
appointment of Louis D. Enoff, a 27-year veteran of the Social
Security Administration, as principal deputy commissioner for
Social Security.
     In this position, Enoff will serve as the senior deputy
commissioner in an agency that currently has six deputy
commissioners.  As such, he will be providing daily leadership
and direction to the internal administrative and regulatory
processes of the Social Security Administration.
     "By distinguishing himself throughout his career, Louis
Enoff has deservedly earned this recognition,"  said Gwendolyn S.
King, commissioner of Social Security.  "His expertise has been
invaluable in the past and, as the top career professional in the
agency, I will continue to look to Louis Enoff as SSA faces the
many challenges of serving the American public with compassion
and efficiency during these times of fiscal constraint."
     Since 1986, Enoff has served as SSA's deputy commissioner
for programs, responsible for providing executive leadership and
policy direction for the retirement, survivors and disability
insurance programs and the Supplemental Security Income program,
as well as overall responsibility for the operation of the
agency's administrative appeals process.

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     After joining SSA in 1964 as a claims examiner, Enoff was
selected for the agency's Management Intern Program.  Over the
past 27 years he has served in a number of executive positions
including deputy associate commissioner for management, budget
and personnel, director of human resources, and deputy regional
commissioner for Philadelphia.
     A graduate of West Virginia University, Enoff received his
master's degree from George Washington University.  A three-time
recipient of SSA's highest award, the Commissioner's Citation,
Enoff received the Presidential Rank Award of Distinguished
Executive from President Ronald Reagan in 1983.
     The father of three children, he and his wife, Diane, reside
in Sykesville, Md.

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