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Samuel W. Bodman
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| Assumed office January 31, 2005 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Spencer Abraham |
| Succeeded by | Steven Chu |
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| Born | 1938 Chicago, Illinois |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | M. Diane Bodman |
| Alma mater | Cornell University Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Samuel Wright Bodman III (born November 26, 1938) is the United States Secretary of Energy and was previously Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department.
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Early life, career, and family
Born in Chicago, Illinois on November 26, 1938, Bodman passed his early years in the Chicago suburbs, before he graduated in 1961 with a B.S. in chemical engineering from Cornell University. He was a member of Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity and the Sphinx Head Society. In 1965, he completed his Sc.D. in chemical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). For the next six years he served as an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT and began his work in the financial sector as Technical Director of the American Research and Development Corporation, a venture capital firm.
From there, Secretary Bodman went to Fidelity Venture Associates, a division of the Fidelity Investments. In 1983 he was named President and Chief Operating Officer of Fidelity Investments and a Director of the Fidelity Group of Mutual Funds. In 1987, he joined Cabot Corporation, a Boston-based Fortune 300 company with global business activities in specialty chemicals and materials, where he served as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and a Director.
Bodman is a former Director of M.I.T.'s School of Engineering Practice and a former member of the M.I.T. Commission on Education. He also served as a member of the Executive and Investment Committees at M.I.T., a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and a Trustee of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and the New England Aquarium.
Samuel Bodman is married to M. Diane Bodman. He has three children, two stepchildren, and eight grandchildren.1
Bush Administration
Bodman served as Deputy Secretary of the Treasury in the George W. Bush Administration beginning in February 2004. He also served the Bush Administration as the Deputy Secretary of Commerce beginning in 2001.
On December 10, 2004, Bodman was nominated to replace Spencer Abraham as the United States Secretary of Energy and was confirmed unanimously by the United States Senate on January 31, 2005, taking office the next day. He leads the Department of Energy with a budget in excess of $23 billion and over 100,000 federal and contractor employees.
Notes
- ^ "Department of Energy biography". http://www.energy.gov/organization/samuel_bodman.htm. Retrieved on 2007-02-02.
External links
General
Articles by Samuel Bodman
- World Energy Magazine - Meeting the Need for Affordable and Reliable Electricity
- World Energy Magazine - The New Energy Bill: Fueling America's Energy Security
- World Energy Magazine - The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership: A Roadmap to Energy Security
- World Energy Magazine - Mutual Needs Fuel Cooperative Efforts Between the United States and Africa
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| Preceded by Robert L. Mallett |
United States Deputy Secretary of Commerce 2001–2003 |
Succeeded by Theodore W. Kassinger |
| Preceded by Spencer Abraham |
United States Secretary of Energy Served Under: George W. Bush 2005 – present |
Succeeded by Steven Chu (Designate) |
| Preceded by Mary Peters |
United States Presidential Line of Succession 13th in line |
Succeeded by Margaret Spellings |
| Order of precedence in the United States of America | ||
| Preceded by Mary Peters United States Secretary of Transportation |
United States order of precedence United States Secretary of Energy |
Succeeded by Margaret Spellings United States Secretary of Education |
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| NAME | Bodman, Samuel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bodman III, Samuel Wright |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | 11th United States Secretary of Energy |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
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