Samuel Bodman

Samuel Wright Bodman III (born November 26, 1938 in Chicago , Illinois - † September 7, 2018 in El Paso , Texas ) was an American politician who served as energy minister in the administration of President George W. Bush . He was a member of the Republican Party .

Education and professional career

The Chicago-born Bodman spent the first years of his life in Tallmadge , Ohio . In 1961 he graduated from Cornell University . In 1965 he received his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . He then worked in business as a board member and president of numerous companies. Among other things, he was COO of Fidelity Investments from 1983 to 1987 and CEO of Cabot Corporation from 1988 to 2001 . In 1988 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Since 2001, Bodman was the successor to Robert L. Mallett, Deputy Secretary of Commerce in the administration of George W. Bush; later he became deputy finance minister ( Deputy Secretary of the Treasury ). On 10 December 2004 he was appointed as successor to Spencer Abraham to Energy Minister ( Secretary of Energy appointed). He held this office until the end of George W. Bush's presidency in January 2009. He then became a member of DuPont's Board of Directors .

Samuel Bodman in the nndb (English)
Biography at the Ministry of Energy ( Memento from June 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
Samuel Bodman in the Miller Center of Public Affairs of the University of Virginia (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Bodman, Samuel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bodman, Samuel Wright III (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	November 26, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chicago , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH	September 7, 2018
Place of death	El Paso , Texas