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Encyclopedia > Samuel W. Bodman
Samuel W. Bodman

11th United States Secretary of Energy
In office
January 31, 2005 – present
Preceded by Spencer Abraham
Born 1938
Chicago, Illinois
Political party Republican

Samuel Wright Bodman III, Sc.D. (born 1938) is the United States Secretary of Energy and was previously Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department. Image File history File links Samuel_Bodman. ... The United States Secretary of Energy is the head of the United States Department of Energy, concerned as the name suggests, with The Secretary is a member of the Presidents Cabinet. ... January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Spencer Abraham Edward Spencer Abraham (born June 12, 1952 in East Lansing, Michigan) is an American politician, of Syro-Lebanese extraction. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... GOP redirects here. ... Sc. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The United States Secretary of Energy is the head of the United States Department of Energy, concerned as the name suggests, with The Secretary is a member of the Presidents Cabinet. ... The United States Department of the Treasury is a Cabinet department and the treasury of the United States government. ...

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Early life, career, and family

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Bodman graduated in 1961 with a B.S. in chemical engineering from Cornell University and was a member of Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity. In 1965, he completed his Sc.D. in chemical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 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. Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... Cornell redirects here. ... Alpha Sigma Phi (ΑΣΦ, commonly abbreviated to Alpha Sig) is a social fraternity with 68 active chapters, colonies, and interest groups. ... Sc. ... The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. MIT is organized into five schools and one college, containing 32 academic departments and 53 interdisciplinary laboratories, centers and programs. ... Venture capital is a general term to describe financing for startup and early stage businesses as well as businesses in turn around situations. ...


"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. Over the years, he has been a Director of many other publicly owned corporations. Fidelity Investments is a privately-held company in the financial services industry. ... A Chief Operating Officer (COO) is a corporate officer responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of the corporation. ... Boston is a town and small port c. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Fortune 1000. ... A chief executive officer (CEO), or chief executive, is the highest-ranking corporate officer or executive officer of a corporation, or agency. ...


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. The House of the Academy, Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is a museum in Boston, Massachusetts with a collection of over 2,500 works of European, Asian and American art, including paintings, sculpture, tapestries, and decorative arts. ... The New England Aquarium is a major aquarium located in the city of Boston, Massachusetts. ...


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. Robert Kimmitt The Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, in the United States government, advises and assists the Secretary of the Treasury in the supervision and direction of the Department of the Treasury and its activities, and succeeds the Secretary in his absence, sickness, or unavailability. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ... The Office of Deputy Secretary of Commerce was created on December 13, 1979 when President Jimmy Carter sent a letter to the U.S. Senate and nominated Luther H. Hodges Jr, who was Under Secretary of Commerce in the Department of Commerce. ...


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. December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Spencer Abraham Edward Spencer Abraham (born June 12, 1952 in East Lansing, Michigan) is an American politician, of Syro-Lebanese extraction. ... The United States Secretary of Energy is the head of the United States Department of Energy, concerned as the name suggests, with The Secretary is a member of the Presidents Cabinet. ... Seal of the U.S. Senate The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress, the other being the House of Representatives. ... January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


References

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Department of Energy bio


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

External link

  • Samuel Bodman's political donations
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
Under President George W. Bush

2005 – present
Succeeded by:
Incumbent
Preceded by:
Mary Peters
United States order of precedence
as of 2006
Succeeded by:
Margaret Spellings
Preceded by:
Mary Peters
United States Presidential Line of Succession
13th in line
Succeeded by:
Margaret Spellings


 

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