N.C. Department of Correction--Correction News--April 1997
Aikens Joins Management Team
Raleigh - Gov. Jim Hunt has appointed former Dept. of Transportation Deputy Secretary Fred Aikens to the N.C.
Department of Correction where he will put his energy and talent into one of the Hunt Administration priorities--keeping
violent criminals in prison longer and putting inmates to work.
As deputy secretary of Correction, Aikens will play a key role in setting goals and
policies and oversee divisions including Victim Advocacy, the Criminal Justice
Partnership Program, Internal Auditing, Legislative Development and Alcoholism
and Chemical Dependency.
"Fred Aikens has proven himself a good manager and will bring a new dimension
of experience to the Dept. of Correction," Gov. Hunt said. "We look forward to
his input in keeping our streets and neighborhoods safer."
At DOT, Aikens took a leadership role in helping the department operate more
efficiently by successfully implementing several major automation projects. While
Deputy Secretary at DOT, he also served as Acting Commissioner of the Division
of Motor Vehicles.
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A native of Wilmington, Aikens earned a bachelor of arts degree in sociology from the University of North Carolina,
Wilmington, in 1975 and a masters degree in regional planning from UNC Chapel Hill in 1978. He started working for the
Triangle J Council of Governments as a housing planner in 1977 and in 1978 became a fiscal research assistant at the N.C.
General Assembly. He was promoted to fiscal analyst, then senior fiscal analyst before becoming DOT's deputy secretary in
1993.
"The correction department is looking forward to having Fred's expertise with the General Assembly and his fiscal and
budgetary knowledge," Correction Secretary Mack Jarvis said. "As this department becomes more complex, we are grateful
for the help that Fred Aikens will bring."
Aikens, a Lt. Colonel in the North Carolina Army National Guard, is married to the former Lucy Easter, also of Wilmington.
They have two daughters, Natasha, and Lucinda.
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