Kenneth W. Dam

Kenneth Willard Dam (August 10, 1932 – May 31, 2022) was an American politician and academic who served as Deputy Secretary of the Treasury (the second highest official in the United States Department of the Treasury) from 2001 to 2004, where he specialized in international economic development.He then served as a law clerk to United States Supreme Court justice Charles Whittaker in 1957 and 1958.[2] Dam held a number of government positions during various Republican administrations while on leave from the University of Chicago: After leaving the Reagan administration in 1985, Dam became vice president for law and external relations at IBM until 1992.He served as president and CEO of 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.He was co-chairman of the Aspen Strategy Group from 1991 to 2001 and was, during 1999 and 2000, chairman of the German-American Academic Council.
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