Department of Social and Health
Services Secretaries
State of Washington
|
|
Dates of service |
Secretary |
Months of service |
| July 1, 1970
July 6, 1973 |
Sidney E.
Smith |
36 months |
| July 7, 1973
July 31, 1973 |
R.R.
Rathfelder, |
Acting 1
month |
| Aug. 1, 1973
Oct. 31, 1973 |
Milton
Burdman, |
Acting 3
months |
| Nov. 1, 1973
Aug. 15, 1976 |
Charles R.
Morris |
33.5 months |
| Aug. 16, 1976
Jan. 11, 1977 |
Milton
Burdman |
Acting 5
months |
| Jan. 12, 1977
April 12, 1978 |
Harlan
McNutt, M.D. |
15 months |
| April 12,
1978 June 30, 1978 |
Gerald E.
Thomas |
Acting 1.5
months |
| July 1, 1978
Jan. 13, 1981 |
Gerald J.
Thompson |
30.5 months |
| Jan. 14, 1981
Feb. 8, 1981 |
Gerald E.
Thomas |
Acting 1
month (died May 2004) |
| Feb. 9, 1981
Nov. 20, 1983 |
Alan Gibbs
|
33.5 months
(died July 1998) |
| Nov. 21, 1983
July 22, 1985 |
Karen Rahm
|
20 months |
| July 23, 1985
June 30, 1986 |
A.N. (Bud)
Shinpoch |
11.5 months
(died Oct. 2001) |
| July 1, 1986
Jan. 2, 1989 |
Jule Sugarman
|
31 months |
| Jan. 3, 1989
April 5, 1989 |
Richard J.
Thompson |
Acting 3
months |
| April 6, 1989
May 15, 1992 |
Richard J.
Thompson |
37 months |
| May 16, 1992
Jan. 31, 1993 |
Paul Trause
|
Acting 8.5
months |
| Feb. 1, 1993
Dec. 10, 1995 |
Jean Soliz
|
34.5 months |
| Dec. 11, 1995
June 30, 2000 |
Lyle Quasim
|
54 months and
20 days |
| July 1, 2000
March 15, 2005 |
Dennis
Braddock |
56 months and
15 days |
| Jan. 5, 2009
May 15, 2009 |
Stan
Marshburn |
Acting 4
months and 10 days |
| May 18, 2009
- present |
Susan N.
Dreyfus |
Currently
serving |
|
Note: Dates are shown from effective date
of appointment to effective date of successors appointment with any
transition overlap excluded. Updated 06-04-09 |