Ernest Moniz
| Ernest Moniz | |
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| 13th United States Secretary of Energy | |
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In office May 21, 2013 – January 20, 2017 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Deputy |
Daniel Poneman Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall |
| Preceded by | Daniel Poneman (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Rick Perry |
| Under Secretary of Energy for Energy and Environment | |
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In office 1997–2001 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Steven Chu |
| Succeeded by | Robert G. Card |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Ernest Jeffrey Moniz December 22, 1944 Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Naomi Moniz |
| Education |
Boston College (BS) Stanford University (MS, PhD) |
Ernest Jeffrey Moniz GCIH (born December 22, 1944) is an American nuclear physicist and the former United States Secretary of Energy, serving under U.S. President Barack Obama from May 2013 to January 2017. He served as the Associate Director for Science in the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President of the United States from 1995 to 1997 and was Under Secretary of Energy from 1997 to 2001 during the Clinton Administration.
Moniz is one of the founding members of The Cyprus Institute and has served at Massachusetts Institute of Technology as the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems, as the Director of the Energy Initiative, and as the Director of the Laboratory for Energy and the Environment.
On March 4, 2013, Moniz was nominated by President Obama to replace outgoing Energy Secretary Steven Chu for his second term. His appointment was confirmed by the Senate in a unanimous vote on May 16, 2013.
Moniz was born in 1944 in Fall River, Massachusetts, the son of Georgina (Pavão) Moniz and Ernest Perry Moniz, both of whose parents were Portuguese immigrants from São Miguel Island, Azores. He graduated from Durfee High School in Fall River, Massachusetts in 1962, where he was a member of the National Honor Society and was the president of the school's math club. Moniz attended Boston College, where he received his Bachelor of Science summa cum laude in physics. He received his PhD in theoretical physics from Stanford University in 1972.
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