What is Mortimer L. Downey?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Mort Downey |image = Downey.jpg |office = 6th [[United States Deputy Secretary of Transportation]] |president = [[Bill Clinton]] |term_start = May 28, 1993 |term_end = January 20, 2001 |predecessor = [[James B. Busey IV]] |successor = [[Michael P. Jackson]] |birth_name = Mortimer Leo Downey III |birth_date = {{birth date|1936|8|9}} |birth_place = [[Springfield, Massachusetts]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2023|11|02|1936|8|9}} |death_place = [[Oakton, Virginia]], U.S. |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = {{marriage|Joyce Vander Meyden|1961|2012|end = died}} |children = 2 |education = {{plainlist| *[[Yale University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) *[[New York University]] ([[Master of Public Administration|MPA]])}} }} '''Mortimer Leo Downey, III''' (August 9, 1936 – November 2, 2023) was the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation from 1993 to 2001. He was born in [[Springfield, Massachusetts]]. Downey died on November 2, 2023 in [[Oakton, Virginia]] at the age of 87.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mortimer L. Downey III, leader in urban mass transit, dies at 87 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/11/03/mortimer-downey-transportation-metro-dead/ |website=[[The Washington Post|Washington Post]] |access-date=4 November 2023}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Downey, Mortimer}} [[Category:1936 births]] [[Category:2023 deaths]] [[Category:United States Secretaries of Transportation]] [[Category:Yale University alumni]]