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Dan BrouilletteBorn: August 18, 1962, Paincourtville, LouisianaNominated: November 7, 2019Confirmed:December 2, 2019Term of Office: December 11, 2019 – January 20, 2021President: Donald TrumpB.S., University of Maryland. Chief of Staff for Representative Billy Tauzin of Louisiana, 1989-1997. Assistant Secretary of Energy for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, 2001-2003. Staff director for the House Energy and Commerce Committee, 2003-2004. Deputy Secretary of Energy, 2017-19.
Rick PerryBorn: March 4, 1950, Haskell, TexasNominated: December 14, 2016Confirmed: March 2, 2017Term of Office: March 2, 2017 – December 1, 2019President: Donald TrumpB.S., Texas A&M University, 1972. Texas House of Representatives, 64th District, 1985-1991. Agriculture Commissioner of Texas, 1991-1999. Lieutenant Governor of Texas, 1999-2000. Governor of Texas, 2000-2015.
Ernest MonizBorn: December 22, 1944, Fall River, MassachusettsNominated: March 4, 2013Confirmed: May 16, 2013Term of Office: May 21, 2013 - January 20, 2017President: Barack ObamaB.S., Boston College, 1966. Ph.D., Stanford University, 1972. Professor of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 1973-2013. Associate Director for Science, Office of Science and Technology Policy, 1995-1997. Under Secretary, Department of Energy, 1997-2001. Director, MIT Energy Initiative, 2006-2013.
Steven ChuBorn: February 28, 1948, St. Louis, MissouriNominated: December 15, 2008Confirmed: January 20, 2009Term of Office: January 21, 2009 - April 22, 2013President: Barack ObamaA.B. and B.S., University of Rochester, 1970. Ph.D., U.C. Berkeley, 1976. Postdoctoral Fellow, U.C. Berkeley, 1976-1978. Member, Technical Staff, AT&T, 1978-83. Head of Quantum Electronic Dept., AT&T Bell Laboratories, 1983-87. Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, Stanford University, 1987-2008. Co-recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics, 1997. Director, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2004-2009
Samuel W. BodmanBorn: November 26, 1938, Chicago, IllinoisNominated: December 10, 2004Confirmed: January 31, 2005Term of Office: February 2005 - January 2009
Spencer AbrahamBorn: June 12, 1952, Lansing, MichiganNominated: January 3, 2001Confirmed: January 20, 2001Term of Office: January 20, 2001 - January 31, 2005President: George BushB.A. Political Science, Michigan State University, 1974. J.D., Harvard University, 1979. Chairman, Michigan Republican Party, 1982-1990. Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the Vice President, 1990-1991. Co-Chairman, National Republican Congressional Committee, 1991-1993. U. S. Senator, 1995-2001.
Bill RichardsonBorn: November 15, 1947, Pasadena, CaliforniaNominated: July 22, 1998Confirmed: July 31, 1998Term of Office: August 18, 1998-January 20, 2001President: Bill ClintonM.A., The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, 1971. U.S. Congressman from New Mexico, 1983-97. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 1997-98.
Federico PeñaBorn: March 15, 1947, Laredo, TexasNominated: December 19, 1996Confirmed: March 12, 1997Term of Office: March 12, 1997-June 30, 1998President: Bill ClintonJ.D., University of Texas, 1972. Mayor, City and County of Denver, 1983-91. Secretary of Transportation, 1993-97.
Hazel R. O''LearyBorn: May 17, 1937, Newport News, VirginiaNominated: January 20, 1993Confirmed: January 21, 1993Term of Office: January 22, 1993-January 20, 1997President: Bill ClintonB.A., Fisk University, 1959. J.D., Rutgers University, 1966. Assistant Attorney General, State of New Jersey, 1967-68. Administrator, Economic Regulatory Administration, 1979-80. Vice President and then President, Northern States Power Company, 1989-93.
Admiral James WatkinsBorn: March 7, 1927, Alhambra, CaliforniaDeceased: July 26, 2012Nominated: January 20, 1989Confirmed: March 1, 1989Term of Office: March 1, 1989-January 20, 1993President: George BushB.S., United States Naval Academy. Graduate, reactor engineering course, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. M.S., Naval Postgraduate School, 1958. Chief of Naval Operations, 1982-86. Chairman, Presidential Commission on the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Epidemic, 1987-88.
John S. HerringtonBorn: May 31, 1939, Los Angeles, CaliforniaNominated: January 18, 1985Confirmed: February 6, 1985Term of Office: February 7, 1985-January 20, 1989President: Ronald ReaganJ.D., University of California, Hastings College of Law, 1964. Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1981-83. Assistant to the President of the United States, 1984.
Donald P. HodelBorn: May 23, 1935, Portland, OregonAppointment: November 5, 1982Confirmed: December 8, 1982Term of Office: November 5, 1982-February 7, 1985President: Ronald ReaganB.A. Government, Harvard University, 1957. J.D., Oregon School of Law, 1960. Administrator, Bonneville Power Administration, 1972-77. Under Secretary of the Interior, 1981-82.
James B. EdwardsBorn: June 24, 1927, Hawthorne, FloridaNominated:January 20, 1981Confirmed: January 22, 1981Term of Office: January 23, 1981-November 5, 1982President: Ronald ReaganDMD, University of Louisville, 1955. Governor of South Carolina, 1975-79.
Charles DuncanBorn: September 9, 1926, Houston, TexasNominated: July 20, 1979Confirmed: July 31, 1979Term of Office: August 24, 1979-January 20, 1981President: Jimmy CarterB.S. Chemical Engineering, Rice University, 1947. President, Coca-Cola Company, 1971-74. Deputy Secretary of Defense, 1977-79.
James SchlesingerBorn: February 15, 1929, New York CityConfirmed: August 4, 1977Term of Office: August 6, 1977-August 23, 1979President: Jimmy CarterPh.D., Harvard, 1956. Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, 1971-73. Director, Central Intelligence Agency, 1973. Secretary of Defense, 1973-75. Assistant to President Carter, 1977.
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President-elect Donald Trump has nominated former Texas Governor Rick Perry to lead the Department of Energy. The position entails guiding research and policy around energy production in the US, handling radioactive waste disposal, building nuclear reactors, and running the US system of national laboratories, as well asoverseeing grants thatfund a great deal of cutting-edge scientific research.
That''s all in addition, of course, to maintaining the nation''s nuclear arsenal.
Unlike those who''ve filled the role before him for the lastdecade, Perry has no scientific background. He also once forgot the name of the Energy Department on a debate stage, thenow-famous "Oops" gaffe that helped end his 2011 bid for the Republican presidential nomination.
Still, Perry wouldn''t be the first non-scientist to head the department. From the 1970s until 2005 the post was held by peoplewithout a science or engineering degree (mostly politicians and lawyers). After that, all Secretaries of Energy have held science or engineering PhDs (and one held a Nobel Prize). Take a look:
James Schlesinger was the first US Secretary of Energy, a Republican picked by President Jimmy Carter to head the department just after it was formed. Schlesinger had served in the presidential cabinet before, leading the Department of Defense from 1973-1975 and playing a significant role in national nuclear policy. As Secretary of Energy he worked to consolidate the department''s functions, which had previously been distributed across several agencies, and funded several research efforts, including one of the first federal investigations of the impact of carbon dioxide on our atmosphere.
The second Secretary of Energy nominated under Carter, Duncan had also previously served as Secretary of Defense. Carter was nonetheless criticized for the selection because Duncan, a former executive in the coffee industry, had no direct experience with oil. As secretary, Duncan worked on negotiations with OPEC during a tough period in the global oil economy.
James Edwards was President Ronald Reagan''s first, briefly-serving Secretary of Energy. A former governor of South Carolina with a background in oral surgery, Edwards was known as a proponent of nuclear energy, and, like Perry, was implicated in apromise to dismantle the Department of Energy(he didn''t).
The New York Times reports that he "struggled" in the post, criticized for his lack of expertise in the field and hamstrung by the Reagan administration''s distaste for the department.
Reagan''s second Energy Secretary, Donald Hodelserved for three years before going on to head the Department of the Interior, a role for which he''s better known as a conservationist. A 1985 op-ed in The New York Times at the time of his move to Interiorpraised him as a replacement for "know-nothing, care-nothing" Edwards, noting his efforts to maximize fossil fuel extraction but criticizing his failure to top up national oil reserves.
Before heading up the Energy Department, Hodel had served as Undersecretary of the Interior.
John Herrington succeeded Hodel in the role, and though both served at the same time under Reagan with Hodel at the Department of the Interior, they found themselves at cross-purposes. Herrington, who had no background in energy but had previously practiced law before becoming Assistant Secretary of the Navy, made his name trimming the department''s spending. He also pushed, successfully, to reverse Hodel''s decision to restrict areaavailable for oil and gas extraction.
James Watkins, a former US Navy Admiral and Chief of Naval Operations, headed the Department of Energy under George H.W. Bush. Watkins headed up a series of waste reductions and environmental efforts as secretary, expanded oil production to counter a reduction in imports during the first Gulf War, and testified to Congress that the US had stopped producing new nuclear weapons. Later in his career, he continued to head up environmental efforts under the George W. Bush administration.
Hazel O''Leary was the first Secretary of Energy under President Bill Clinton, the first and only woman to hold the office.
A former prosecutor, O''Leary pushed for an end to nuclear testing in the US and declassified Cold War-era documents showing that the US government had experimented with radiation on human beings. However, she''s best known for aseries of scandals involving her spending and travel using government funds, and the allegation (for which she was cleared) that she met with Chinese officials in exchange for a $25,000 donation to her favorite charity.
A former mayor of Denver, and then Transportation Secretary from 1993 to 1997, Peñaserved as Energy Secretary for just 18 months. In that time he was largely friendly to oil company interests, selling off more than $3 billion in federal land for extraction and supporting efforts to drill in the Caspian Sea. He also made an effort to improve the department''s environmental footprint, and fired a contractor at Brookhaven National Laboratory for failing to prevent groundwater contamination. He was criticized for leaving the job so quickly.
Bill Richardson, a former congressperson from the state of New Mexico and ambassador to the United Nations, was the final Energy Secretary to serve under Clinton. He had no direct energy background, and his most significant public initiatives involved an effort to return federal lands to Native American tribes and ensure that tribal interests are taken into account in energy extraction initiatives.
He also negotiated with OPEC to increase oil production and hold down prices.
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