Samuel 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
Personal details
Born	November 26, 1938 (1938-11-26) (age 73) Chicago, Illinois, United States
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	M. Diane Bodman
Alma mater	Cornell University (B.S.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (D.Sc.)

Samuel Wright Bodman III (born November 26, 1938) was a United States Secretary of Energy and was previously Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department.

1 Early life, career, and family
2 Bush Administration
3 Notes
4 External links
- 4.1 General
- 4.2 Articles by Samuel Bodman

Early life, career, and family

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 Science in 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.

Bodman is a former Director of M.I.T.'s School of Engineering Practice and a former member of the M.I.T. Commission on Education. He also served as a member of the Executive and Investment Committees at M.I.T., a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and a Trustee of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and the New England Aquarium.

He is a former director of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company.

Bodman is married to M. Diane Bodman. He has three children, two stepchildren, and eight grandchildren.^[1]

Bush Administration

Bodman served as Deputy Secretary of the Treasury in the George W. Bush Administration beginning in February 2004. He also served the Bush Administration as the Deputy Secretary of Commerce beginning in 2001.

On December 10, 2004, Bodman was nominated to replace Spencer Abraham as the United States Secretary of Energy and was confirmed unanimously by the United States Senate on January 31, 2005, taking office the next day. He led the Department of Energy with a budget in excess of $23 billion and over 100,000 federal and contractor employees.

Notes

^ "Department of Energy biography". Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. http://web.archive.org/web/20080611071955/http://www.energy.gov/organization/samuel_bodman.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-02.

External links

General

Samuel Bodman's political donations

Articles by Samuel Bodman

Government offices
Preceded by Kenneth W. Dam	United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury February 2004 – January 2005	Succeeded by Robert M. Kimmitt
Preceded by Robert L. Mallett	United States Deputy Secretary of Commerce 2001–2003	Succeeded by Theodore W. Kassinger
Political offices
Preceded by Spencer Abraham	United States Secretary of Energy Served under: George W. Bush 2005–2009	Succeeded by Steven Chu

United States Secretaries of Energy

Schlesinger • Duncan • Edwards • Hodel • Herrington • Watkins • O'Leary • Peña • Richardson • Abraham • Bodman • Chu

Cabinet of President George W. Bush (2001–2009)

Cabinet

Secretary of State	Colin Powell (2001–2005) • Condoleezza Rice (2005–2009)

Secretary of the Treasury	Paul O'Neill (2001–2002) • John W. Snow (2003–2006) • Henry Paulson (2006–2009)

Secretary of Defense	Donald Rumsfeld (2001–2006) • Robert Gates (2006–2009)

Attorney General	John Ashcroft (2001–2005) • Alberto Gonzales (2005–2007) • Michael Mukasey (2007–2009)

Secretary of the Interior	Gale Norton (2001–2006) • Dirk Kempthorne (2006–2009)

Secretary of Agriculture	Ann Veneman (2001–2005) • Mike Johanns (2005–2007) • Ed Schafer (2008–2009)

Secretary of Commerce	Donald Evans (2001–2005) • Carlos Gutierrez (2005–2009)

Secretary of Labor	Elaine Chao (2001–2009)

Secretary of Health and Human Services	Tommy Thompson (2001–2005) • Mike Leavitt (2005–2009)

Secretary of Education	Rod Paige (2001–2005) • Margaret Spellings (2005–2009)

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Mel Martinez (2001–2003) • Alphonso Jackson (2003–2008) • Steve Preston (2008–2009)

Secretary of Transportation	Norman Mineta (2001–2006) • Mary Peters (2006–2009)

Secretary of Energy	Spencer Abraham (2001–2005) • Samuel Bodman (2005–2009)

Secretary of Veterans Affairs	Anthony Principi (2001–2005) • Jim Nicholson (2005–2007) • James Peake (2007–2009)

Secretary of Homeland Security	Tom Ridge (2003–2005) • Michael Chertoff (2005–2009)

Cabinet-level

Vice President	Dick Cheney (2001–2009)

White House Chief of Staff	Andrew Card (2001–2006) • Joshua Bolten (2006–2009)

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency	Christine Todd Whitman (2001–2003) • Mike Leavitt (2003–2005) • Stephen L. Johnson (2005–2009)

Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Mitch Daniels (2001–2003) • Joshua Bolten (2003–2006) • Rob Portman (2006–2007) • Jim Nussle (2007–2009)

Director of National Drug Control Policy	John P. Walters (2001–2009)

Trade Representative	Robert Zoellick (2001–2005) • Rob Portman (2005–2006) • Susan Schwab (2006–2009)

E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont)

Corporate directors	Samuel Bodman · Richard H. Brown · Robert A. Brown · Curtis J. Crawford · Alexander M. Cutler · There du Pont · John T. Dillon · Marillyn Hewson · Lois Juliber · Ellen J. Kullman · William K. Reilly · Lee M. Thomas

Products	Corian · FE-13 · Hypalon · Kalrez · Kapton · Kevlar · Mylar · Neoprene · Nomex · Nylon · Sorona · Teflon · Tyvek · Zodiaq · Zytel

Subsidiaries and joint ventures	Pioneer Hi-Bred · Danisco · Solae · DuPont Danisco

Divisions and facilities	DuPont Building (incl. the DuPont Theatre and Hotel du Pont) · DuPont Central Research · DuPont Experimental Station

Notable people	Eleuthère Irénée du Pont · Alfred I. du Pont · Eugene du Pont · Francis Gurney du Pont · Francis Irénée du Pont · Lammot du Pont · Pierre S. du Pont · Anthony Joseph Arduengo III · Samuel Bodman · Norman Borlaug · Donaldson Brown · Wallace Carothers · Uma Chowdhry · Thomas M. Connelly · Linda Fisher · Richard Goodmanson · Charles O. Holliday · Steven Ittel · Stephanie Kwolek · James Lynah · Rudolph Pariser · George Parshall · Charles J. Pedersen · William Dale Phillips · Roy J. Plunkett · John J. Raskob · Irving S. Shapiro · Joseph Shivers · Richard R. Schrock · Howard Ensign Simmons, Jr. · Charles Stine · Nathaniel C. Wyeth

History	Hagley Museum and Library · Eleutherian Mills · E. I du Pont de Nemours Company · Hercules Powder Company · Atlas Chemical Industries · B Reactor (Manhattan Project) · Remington Arms · Savannah River Site · Kinetic Chemicals · Conoco Inc. · Consolidation Coal Company · DuPont analysis

Annual revenue: US$26.1 Billion (FY 2009) · Employees: 60,000 · Stock symbol: Preferred stock: NYSE: DDPRA, NYSE: DDPRB Common stock: NYSE: DD · Website: dupont.com

Persondata
Name	Bodman, Samuel
Alternative names	Bodman III, Samuel Wright
Short description	11th United States Secretary of Energy
Date of birth	November 26, 1938
Place of birth	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Date of death
Place of death