Public Service
In 1975 Eckerd was appointed administrator of the General Services Administration by President Gerald R. Ford. In the President’s words, “Jack ran GSA cleaner than a hound’s tooth.” Ford also named Eckerd to serve on the U.S.O. Board of Governors. President Ronald Reagan later named him to the Grace Commission’s private sector panel on government cost control. In 1981 Governor Bob Graham named Eckerd chairman of Florida's Prison Rehabilitative Industries & Diversified Enterprises, Inc. (PRIDE), a unique private sector board that operates all Florida Prison industries.
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