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1991.12.18 :  Appointment -- A. Kenton Williams

Contact: Bill McPherrin (202) 245-2760 
December 18, 1991

       HHS Secretary Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., has announced the
appointment of A. Kenton Williams, Ed.D., as associate
commissioner of the Head Start Bureau in the department's
Administration for Children and Families.
       "Kenton Williams brings to the Head Start Bureau a career
that has been devoted to strengthening America's families," said
Secretary Sullivan.  "He will work closely with Head Start
projects to maintain the quality of program services, increase
coordination with other programs, strengthen volunteer community
support and address the problems of substance abuse and
illiteracy."
       Prior to his appointment as associate commissioner,
Williams was regional administrator for HHS' Office of Human
Development Services in Boston.  In that capacity, he
administered programs serving the region's persons with
developmental disabilities, the social services block grant
program and children, youth and families--including Head Start.
       Before joining the HHS Boston Regional Office, he served
as HDS regional administrator for the Kansas City, Mo., office.
Williams also held positions as assistant regional director, 
Office of Child Development, in Kansas City; executive director,
Niles Home for Children, Kansas City; director, Division of 
Social Services, state of Nebraska; and district administrator,
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, Champaign,
Ill.        
     Williams has authored a number of publications on social
services and children.  He is a member of the National
Association of Social Workers and active in the March of Dimes,
United Way and the Educational Partnership Committee of the
Boston Federal Executive Board.
        A native of Charleston, W.Va., he holds a doctorate in
education degree from the University of Massachusetts.  He also
has a master's degree in social work from St. Louis University
and a master's in public administration from the Kennedy School
of Government, Harvard University.  He received his Bachelor of
Arts degree from Regis College, Denver, Colo.

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