What is Samuel Bodman?
{{Infobox officeholder | name=Samuel W. Bodman | image=Samuel_Bodman.jpg | order=11th | title=[[United States Secretary of Energy]] | term_start=January 31, 2005 | term_end=January 20, 2009 | president=[[George W. Bush]] | predecessor=[[Spencer Abraham]] | successor=[[Steven Chu]] |title2=[[Deputy Secretary of the Treasury]] |term_start2=February 2004 |term_end2=January 2005 |president2=[[George W. Bush]] |predecessor2=[[Kenneth W. Dam]] |successor2=[[Robert Kimmitt]] | birth_date={{Birth date|1938|11|26}} | birth_place=[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]] | death_date={{death date and age|2018|9|7|1938|11|26}} | death_place=[[El Paso, Texas]], United States | spouse=M. Diane Bodman | party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | alma_mater=[[Cornell University]] <small>([[B.S.]])</small><br>[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] <small>([[Sc.D.]])</small> }} '''Samuel Wright Bodman III''' (November 26, 1938 &ndash; September 7, 2018) was an [[Americans|American]] politician. He was the 11th [[United States Secretary of Energy]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Department of Energy biography | url=http://www.energy.gov/organization/samuel_bodman.htm | accessdate = 2007-02-02 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080611071955/http://www.energy.gov/organization/samuel_bodman.htm |archivedate = 2008-06-11}}</ref> He was previously the [[United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury|Deputy Secretary of the Treasury]] and the [[United States Deputy Secretary of Commerce|Deputy Secretary of Commerce]]. Bodman died in [[El Paso, Texas]] on September 7, 2018 at the age of 79.<ref>[https://www.energy.gov/articles/samuel-w-bodman-11th-secretary-energy-passes-away Statement from Secretary Perry on the passing of Samuel W. Bodman]</ref> The cause of death was complications from [[primary progressive aphasia]].<ref>[https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/obituaries/2018/09/08/samuel-bodman-former-fidelity-executive-served-energy-secretary/DZsGKROfSqZQ1qlYHlvm6O/story.html Samuel W. Bo