Charles B. Curtis
| Charles B. Curtis | |
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Charles B. Curtis
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| United States Deputy Secretary of Energy | |
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In office 1995–1997 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Bill White |
| Succeeded by | Frank Blake |
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| Born |
April 27, 1940 Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Known for | President Emeritus and Board Member of the Nuclear Threat Initiative |
Charles B. Curtis (born April 27, 1940) is an American lawyer, currently Senior Advisor (nonresident) to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Vice Chair of the United States Department of State's International Security Advisory Board, 2011 through 2017, former Member of the National Academies Intelligence Science and Technology Experts Group, and President Emeritus of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), a non-profit organization working to reduce the threats from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. As well as working in private practice for more than sixteen years Curtis served as the last Chairman of the Federal Power Commission and the first Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from 1977 to 1981. In 1994 he was appointed and confirmed as Under Secretary and then Deputy Secretary of the US Department of Energy. He has held positions on the staff of the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Treasury Department, and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Curtis was born in Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania. He is married and has one adult son.
Curtis graduated from Boston University School of Law in 1965 and from University of Massachusetts Amherst, in 1962. While at Boston University Law School, Mr. Curtis served as Editor of Boston University Law School Law Review. He is a recipient of multiple scholarships including Rome Scholarship, American Legion, and VFW Scholarships. He was also a member of the Sophomore and Senior Men’s Honorary Societies.at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
From June 1965 to May 1967 he was supervising staff attorney at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, U.S. Department of the Treasury. From May 1967 to June 1971 he was Special Counsel to the Division of Trading and Markets; and Chief of the Branch of Regulation and Inspection of the Securities and Exchange Commission. From 1971 to 1976 he was a Professional Staff Member of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.we're he served as lead energy, securities and consumer counsel.
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