Deborah Gore Dean is a former United States federal employee in the US Department of Housing and Urban Development during the Ronald Reagan presidency.
Her father, Gordon Dean, who was featured on the cover of Time magazine,[1] won the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his work at the Nuremberg trials, chairman of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and General Dynamics executive.
Her mother, Mary Benton Gore Dean was a Washington socialite and owner of the Jockey Club restaurant and Fairfax Hotel.
Between 1982-1987, Dean worked for the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under Secretary Samuel Pierce.
On June 23, 1987, President Ronald Reagan announced his intention to nominate Deborah Gore Dean to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.