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Commissioners
RELATED LINKS
Below you will find links to the biographies of past BLS commissioners, which include their dates of service and the administrations served during their tenure.
- Carroll D. Wright, January 1885–January 1905
- Charles P. Neill, February 1905–May 1913
- Royal Meeker, August 1913–June 1920
- Ethelbert Stewart, June 1920–June 1932
- Isador Lubin, July 1933–January 1946
- Ewan Clague, August 1946–September 1965
- Arthur Ross, October 1965–July 1968
- Geoffrey H. Moore, March 1969–January 1973
- Julius Shiskin, July 1973–October 1978
- Janet L. Norwood, May 1979–December 1991
- Katharine G. Abraham, October 1993–October 2001
- Kathleen Utgoff, July 2002–July 2006
- Keith Hall, January 2008–January 2012
- Erica L. Groshen, January 2013–January 2017
- William W. Beach, March 2019–March 2023
- Erika McEntarfer, January 2024–present
Acting Commissioners serve between the departure of one Commissioner and appointment of another. This list includes:
- G.W.W. Hanger, May 1913–August 1913
- Charles E. Baldwin, July 1932–July 1933
- A. Ford Hinrichs, January 1946–July 1946
- Aryness Joy Wickens, July 1946–August 1946; June 1954–July 1955
- Ben Burdetsky, July 1968–March 1969; January 1973–July 1973
- William G. Barron Jr., December 1991–October 1993
- Lois Orr, October 2001–July 2002
- Philip Rones, July 2006–January 2008
- John M. (Jack) Galvin, January 2012–January 2013
- William J. Wiatrowski, January 2017–March 2019; March 2023–January 2024
Last Modified Date: May 22, 2024
