Donald P. Hodel
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| 4th United States Secretary of Energy | |
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In office November 5, 1982 – February 7, 1985 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | James B. Edwards |
| Succeeded by | John S. Herrington |
| 45th United States Secretary of the Interior | |
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In office February 8, 1985 – January 20, 1989 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | William P. Clark |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Lujan, Jr. |
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Donald Paul Hodel May 23, 1935 Portland, Oregon, United States |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Barbara Stockman Hodel (m. 1957 – 2012 (her death)) |
| Children | Philip Hodel (d. 1974) David Hodel |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University (A.B.) University of Virginia (J.D.) |
| Religion | Lutheran |
Donald Paul Hodel (born May 23, 1935) is former United States Secretary of Energy and former Secretary of the Interior and Chairman of the company FreeEats.com/ccAdvertising, which has disseminated push polls for the Economic Freedom Fund. He was known during his tenure as Secretary of the Interior for his controversial "Hodel Policy," which stated that disused dirt roads and footpaths could be considered right-of-ways under RS 2477.
He was born in Portland, Oregon, the son of Philip E. Hodel and Theresia R. Brodt. He attended Harvard University. He married in 1957 the former Barbara Beecher Stockman, who was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and attended Wellesley College in Massachusetts. She married Donald P. Hodel during her senior year.
They moved to Oregon after graduation and Hodel earned his J.D. at the University of Virginia. While living in Oregon, Donald and Barbara Hodel had two sons: Philip (died in 1974) and David. Mrs. Hodel was to become a full-time mother.
Following the suicide of their oldest son, the Hodels became evangelical Christians. They became active in church and other Christian ministries and began speaking at evangelical meetings and prayer breakfasts. The Hodels have appeared on The 700 Club with Pat Robertson, The Hour of Power with Robert Schuller and on Focus on the Family broadcasts with Dr. James Dobson, encouraging families that have also lost loved ones to suicide.
From 1972 to 1977 Hodel was the administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration. After leaving the Bonneville Power Administration he stated that eventually, the Pacific Northwest would need all the power that would be produced by the nuclear power plants proposed by the Washington Public Power Supply System.
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