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 Official portrait, 2005 | |
| 11thUnited States Secretary of Energy | |
| In office January 31, 2005 – January 20, 2009 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Spencer Abraham |
| Succeeded by | Steven Chu |
| United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury | |
| In office August 2004 – January 31, 2005 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Kenneth W. Dam |
| Succeeded by | Robert Kimmitt |
| United States Deputy Secretary of Commerce | |
| In office January 22, 2001 – July 16, 2004 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Robert Mallett |
| Succeeded by | Theodore Kassinger |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Samuel Wright Bodman III (1938-11-26)November 26, 1938 |
| Died | September 7, 2018(2018-09-07) (aged 79) El Paso, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Diane Petrella Barber |
| Education | Cornell University (BS) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS,DSc) |
Samuel Wright Bodman III (November 26, 1938 – September 7, 2018) was an American businessman, engineer, and politician who served as the 11thUnited States secretary of energy during theGeorge W. Bush administration, from 2005 to 2009. He was also, at different times, theDeputy Secretary of the Treasury and theDeputy Secretary of Commerce.
In December 2004, Bodman was nominated to replaceSpencer Abraham as the Energy Secretary and was confirmed unanimously by theUnited States Senate on January 31, 2005. During his tenure, he oversaw the security problems atLos Alamos National Laboratory and a budget in excess of $23 billion and over 100,000 federal and contractor employees.
Bodman was born on November 26, 1938, inChicago, Illinois, the son of Lina (Lindsay) and Samuel Wright Bodman.[1] Bodman spent his early years in the Chicago suburbs before he graduated in 1961 with a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering fromCornell University.[2] He was a member ofAlpha Sigma Phi fraternity and theSphinx Head Society.[3]
In 1965, he completed hisDoctor of Science inchemical engineering at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology.[4]
Bodman served as an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT and began his work in the financial sector as Technical Director of theAmerican Research and Development Corporation, aventure capital firm.[2]
From there, Bodman went to Fidelity Venture Associates, a division of theFidelity Investments.[2] In 1983 he was named President andChief Operating Officer ofFidelity Investments and a Director of the Fidelity Group of Mutual Funds.[2] In 1987, he joinedCabot Corporation,[5] aBoston-basedFortune 300 company with global business activities inspecialty chemicals and materials, where he served as Chairman,Chief Executive Officer, and a Director.[6][7]
Bodman was a past director of M.I.T.'s School of Engineering Practice and a onetime member of the M.I.T. Commission on Education.[2] He also was as a member of the Executive and Investment Committees at M.I.T., a member of theAmerican Academy of Arts & Sciences, and a Trustee of theIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, an art museum and theNew England Aquarium.[4]
He was also a past director ofE. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company.[2]
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Bodman served asDeputy Secretary of the Treasury in theGeorge W. Bush Administration beginning in February 2004.[4] He also served the Bush Administration as theDeputy Secretary of Commerce beginning in 2001.[4]
On December 10, 2004, Bodman was nominated to replaceSpencer Abraham as theUnited States Secretary of Energy and was confirmed unanimously by theUnited States Senate on January 31, 2005, taking office the next day.[8] He led theDepartment of Energy with a budget in excess of $23 billion and over 100,000 federal and contractor employees.[9]
In February 2007, Bodman testified before theUnited States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces about security problems atLos Alamos National Laboratory.[10] He stated that "The heart of the problem is a cultural issue at Los Alamos".[11] He asserted that the impediment to improved security was "Arrogance. Arrogance of the chemists and physicists and engineers who work at Los Alamos and think they’re above it all".[11]
Bodman married M. Diane (Petrella) Barber in 1997.[12] He had three children, two stepchildren, and eight grandchildren.[13]
Bodman died in El Paso on September 7, 2018, at the age of 79.[12][14] The cause of death was reported to be complications fromprimary progressive aphasia.[15] His death was announced by former president George W. Bush on the same day.[12][16]
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