Person

Hickok, Eugene W.

1950

Eugene W. Hickok received his Ph.D. in government from the University of Virginia. He was on the faculty of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, for many years, where he was a professor of political science. While in Carlisle, he served on the school board. In 1995 he was named Secretary of Education for Pennsylvania by Governor Tom Ridge. He served six years in that position before joining the George W. Bush administration as under secretary of education and, later, deputy secretary of education.