Samuel W. Bodman | |
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11th United States Secretary of Energy | |
In office January 31, 2005 – January 20, 2009 |
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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 |
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President | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Robert L. Mallett |
Succeeded by | Theodore Kassinger |
Personal details | |
Born |
Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
November 26, 1938
Nationality | American |
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.