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Lucy Peters Wilson Benson (August 25, 1927 – July 17, 2021) was an American government official who served as the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs from 1977 to 1980. When Benson was named to this post, it was the highest position ever held by a woman in the United States Department of State.

Prior to joining the State Department, Benson served as President of the League of Women Voters (1968 to 1974) and Massachusetts Secretary of Human Services from 1975 to 1977. She has also been a member of the Lafayette College Board of Trustees since 1985.

References

1. "Benson-Wilson Vows Are Read". Arizona Republic. April 9, 1950. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
2. Presidency. 1978. ISBN 9780871871312. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
3. "Storied Lucy Wilson Benson recalled as 'fearless, formidable'". Daily Hampshire Gazette. July 31, 2021. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
4. "Washington Talk: Women in Government; The Pioneers", New York Times, Nov. 13, 1986
5. "Lucy Wilson Benson (1943), H1974". Amherst College. Amherst College. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
6. Gendebien, Albert W. (1986). The Biography of a College: A History of Lafayette College 1927 - 1978. Easton, PA: Lafayette College.

External links

• Lucy Wilson Benson and Bruce B. Benson (AC 1943) Family Papers at the Amherst College Archives & Special Collections

v t e United States Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs
Under Secretary of State for International Security Affairs 1972–1993	Tarr Donaldson Maw Benson Nimetz Buckley Schneider Derwinski Bartholomew Wisner
Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs 1993–present	Davis Holum Bolton Joseph Rood (Acting) Tauscher Gottemoeller Thompson Jenkins

v t e First Cabinet of Governor Michael Dukakis (1975–79)
Lieutenant Governor	Thomas P. O'Neill III (1975–79)
Secretary of Administration and Finance	John R. Buckley (1975–79)
Secretary of Environmental Affairs	Evelyn Murphy (1975–79)
Secretary of Public Safety	Charles V. Barry (1975–79)
Secretary of Human Services	Lucy W. Benson (1975) Jerald Stevens (1975–79)
Secretary of Transportation	Frederick P. Salvucci (1975–79)
Secretary of Elder Affairs	Rose Caffey (1975–77) James H. Callahan (1977–79)
Secretary of Communities and Development	William G. Flynn (1975–79)
Secretary of Consumer Affairs	Lola Dickerman (1975–76) Christine Sullivan (1976–79)
Secretary of Economic Affairs	Howard N. Smith (1977–79)
Secretary of Energy	Henry Lee (1975–79)
Secretary of Education	Paul Parks (1975–79)

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