Bodman

Samuel W. Bodman


11th United States Secretary of Energy
In office January 31, 2005 – January 20, 2009
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Spencer Abraham
Succeeded by	Steven Chu
Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
In office February 2004 – January 2005
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Kenneth W. Dam
Succeeded by	Robert Kimmitt
Deputy Secretary of Commerce
In office January 2001 – December 2003
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Robert L. Mallett
Succeeded by	Theodore Kassinger
Personal details
Born	(1938-11-26) November 26, 1938 (age 78) Chicago, Illinois, United States
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	M. Diane Bodman
Alma mater	Cornell University (B.S.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sc.D.)

Samuel Wright Bodman III (born November 26, 1938) is the former 11th United States Secretary of Energy. He was previously the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury and the Deputy Secretary of Commerce.

Born in Chicago, Illinois on November 26, 1938, Bodman spent his early years in the Chicago suburbs before he graduated in 1961 with a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from Cornell University. He was a member of Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity and the Sphinx Head Society. In 1965, he completed his Doctor of Science 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.

From there, 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.