13 Facts About Samuel Bodman

Samuel Bodman was, at different times, the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury and the Deputy Secretary of Commerce.

In December 2004, Bodman was nominated to replace Spencer Abraham as the Energy Secretary and was confirmed unanimously by the United States Senate on January 31,2005.

Samuel Bodman spent his early years in the Chicago suburbs before he graduated in 1961 with a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from Cornell University.

Samuel Bodman was a member of Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity and the Sphinx Head Society.

Samuel Bodman 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.

Samuel Bodman served the Bush Administration as the Deputy Secretary of Commerce beginning in 2001.

On December 10,2004, Samuel 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.

Samuel Bodman led the Department of Energy with a budget in excess of $23 billion and over 100,000 federal and contractor employees.

In February 2007, Samuel Bodman testified before the United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces about security problems at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Samuel Bodman stated that "The heart of the problem is a cultural issue at Los Alamos".

Samuel Bodman had three children, two stepchildren, and eight grandchildren.

Samuel Bodman died in El Paso on September 7,2018, at the age of 79.

Samuel Bodman's death was announced by former President George W Bush on the same day.