Kenneth W. Dam
Kenneth W. Dam | |
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| 9th United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury | |
| In office January 20, 2001 – July 13, 2004 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Stuart E. Eizenstat |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Bodman |
| Acting United States Secretary of the Treasury | |
| In office December 31, 2002 – February 3, 2003 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Paul H. O'Neill (as Secretary of the Treasury) |
| Succeeded by | John W. Snow (as Secretary of the Treasury) |
| 8th United States Deputy Secretary of State | |
| In office September 23, 1982 – June 15, 1985 | |
| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Walter J. Stoessel Jr. |
| Succeeded by | John C. Whitehead |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kenneth Willard Dam August 10, 1932 Marysville, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | May 31, 2022 (aged 89) Long Grove, Illinois, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Kansas (B.A.) University of Chicago Law School (J.D.) |
Kenneth Willard Dam (August 10, 1932 – May 31, 2022) was an American politician and academic who served as
professor emeritus and senior lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School
.
Early life and education
Kenneth Willard Dam was born in
Law & Economics.[2]
Career
Dam held a number of government positions during various Republican administrations while on leave from the University of Chicago:
- Program Assistant Director for national security and international affairs at the Office of Management and Budget (1971–1973)
- Executive Director of the White House Council on Economic Policy (1973)
- Deputy Secretary of State (1982–1985)
After leaving the
United Way of America in 1992, and helped lead an investigation of a highly publicized scandal in the leadership of that organization and reorganize its staff and governance.[2]
He then rejoined the University of Chicago law school faculty.
He has also been an
Bilderberg Group.[3]
He first participated in their annual conference in 1983 when he was Under Deputy Secretary of State. He would miss only one conference between 1983 and 1997 and participate again in 2001 and 2002.
Publications
- The Law-Growth Nexus: The Rule of Law and Economic Development, Brookings Institution Press, 2006 ISBN 0-8157-1720-2
- The Rules of the Global Game: A New Look at US International Economic Playmaking, University Of Chicago Press, 2001 ISBN 0-226-13493-8
- Economic Policy Beyond the Headlines, with George P. Shultz, University of Chicago Press, second edition 1998 ISBN 0-226-75599-1
- The Rules of the Game: Reform and Evolution in the International Monetary System, University of Chicago Press, 1982 ISBN 0-226-13499-7
- Oil Resources: Who Gets What How?, University of Chicago Press, 1978 ISBN 0-226-13498-9
See also
References
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
- ^ a b c Gillespie, Becky (Fall 2022). "Kenneth W. Dam, 1932-2022".
- Bilderberg Group. Archived from the originalon 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
External links
- University of Chicago law school biography of Kenneth Dam
- Brookings Institution announcement on Kenneth Dam's appointment as senior fellow
- Speech by Kenneth Dam on economic growth in Latin America Archived 2016-04-07 at the Wayback Machine
- Works by or about Kenneth W. Dam at Internet Archive
- Appearances on C-SPAN
