Kathleen Casey-Kirschling, the nation's first baby boomer, files for her Social Security retirement benefits over the Internet at the National Press Club in Washington on Monday. Casey-Kirschling, a retired teacher and resident of Maryland, was born on January 1, 1946, at 12:00:01 a.m. With her 62nd birthday right around the corner, she applied for her benefits using the online application at www.socialsecurity.gov to become the first boomer in the United States to receive Social Security retirement benefits.
Published on October 17, 2007