Name: Larry William DeWitt.
Permanent Address: 1938 Winder Rd., Baltimore, MD. 21244.

Degree and date to be conferred: M.A., 2004.

Date of Birth: September 11, 1949.
Place of Birth: Holbrook, Arizona.

Secondary education: Holbrook High School, Holbrook, Arizona, May 1967.

Collegiate institutions attended:
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.

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.

Graduate Student, M.A. program in History, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 2002-2004, M.A., December 2004.

Professional Publications:
"The Hidden Assumption in MacKay's Logical Paradox Concerning Free Will,"
British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 1973, 24(4): 402-405.

"On Bloor's Transformation of Popper's Pluralism," Social Studies of Science, 1975, 5(2): 201-209.

"Consciousness, Mind & Self: The Implications of the Split-Brain Studies," British
Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 1975, 26(1): 41-47.

Systems Modernization Plan 1987--Field Edition, (with Tom Margenau), U. S. Social Security Administration Publication No. 48-003, December 1986, 58 pgs.

"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.

"Technological Change and its Impact on the Management of Social Security Institutions," in collaboration with Herbert R. Doggette, Jr., Reports of the XXIIIrd General Assembly of the International Social Security Association, September 1989, pgs. 1-42.

"The Fine Art of Interviewing," OASIS, October 1988, pgs. 14-15.

"Long-Range Strategic Planning: A Case Study," (a parody). The Public Manager, Fall 1992, pgs. 57-59.

A Brief History of Social Security, SSA Publication No. 21-059, July 1995, 39 pgs.

"Mr. Social Security: The Life of Wilbur J. Cohen," (book review), Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 59, No. 1, pgs. 91-92, 1996.

"The Civilian War Benefits Program: SSA's First Disability Program," Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 60, No. 2, pgs. 68-76, 1997.

“Meet the (First) Chairman of the Board,” OASIS, Spring 2000, pgs. 14-15.

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.

“The Origins of the Social Security Appeals Process,” Federal Bar Association Social Security Section Newsletter, Spring 2001, pgs. 7-12.

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.

“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. Forthcoming.

“Altmeyer, Arthur J.,” encyclopedia entry, Encyclopedia of Social Welfare History in North America, Sage Publishers. Forthcoming.

“Ball, Robert M.,” encyclopedia entry, Encyclopedia of Social Welfare History in North America, Sage Publishers. Forthcoming.

“Cohen, Wilbur J.,” encyclopedia entry, Encyclopedia of Social Welfare History in North America, Sage Publishers. Forthcoming.

“Burns, Eveline,” encyclopedia entry, Notable American Women, Harvard University Press. Forthcoming.

Professional positions held:
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.

2/95 - date: Agency Historian, U. S. Social Security Administration.