Arnold Packer
Arnold H. Packer was born in 1935 in New York City and formerly served as the United States Assistant Secretary of Labor.
Biography[edit]
Arnold H. Packer was born in 1935 in New York City. He received his B.S. from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute in 1956, his M.S. in business administration from Sacramento State College in 1965 and his Ph.D. in economics from the University of North Carolina in 1969. Prior to his appointment as Secretary of Labour Dr Parker held a number of positions. He was an economist on the Director’s staff in the Office of Management and Budget, he then worked as a senior economist on the Committee for Economic Development before becoming chief economist for the Budget Committee. After serving as U.S. Secretary of Labour between 1977 and 1980 Dr Packer became the head of the SCANS 2000 Center at John Hopkins University, he retired from this post in 2004. After spending a year teaching economics at the Methodist University College of Ghana, he is now a consultant working on various workforce development projects.
