The President today announced the recess appointment of William Joseph Driver, of Falls Church, Va., as Commissioner of Social Security. He replaces Sanford Ross, resigned.
Driver was with the Veterans Administration for 24 years and was president of the Manufacturing Chemists Association until his retirement in 1978.
He was born May 9, 1918, in Rochester, N.Y. He received a B.B.A. from Niagara University in 1941 and an LL.B. (1952) and M.P.A. (1965) from George Washington University. He served in the U.S. Army from 1941 to 1945.
Driver was with the Veterans Administration from 1945 to 1969, beginning as a management analyst and serving subsequently as Director of the Compensation and Pension Service, Chief Benefits Director, Deputy Administrator of Veterans Affairs; and, from 1964 to 1969, Administrator of Veterans Affairs.
He was president of the Manufacturing Chemists Association from 1969 to 1978.
Jimmy Carter, Recess Appointment of William Joseph Driver as Commissioner of Social Security Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/249507