Kenneth W. Dam

Kenneth W. Dam
9th United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
In office
January 20, 2001 – July 13, 2004
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byStuart E. Eizenstat
Succeeded bySamuel Bodman
Acting United States Secretary of the Treasury
In office
December 31, 2002 – February 3, 2003
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byPaul H. O'Neill (as Secretary of the Treasury)
Succeeded byJohn W. Snow (as Secretary of the Treasury)
8th United States Deputy Secretary of State
In office
September 23, 1982 – June 15, 1985
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byWalter J. Stoessel Jr.
Succeeded byJohn C. Whitehead
Personal details
Born
Kenneth Willard Dam

(1932-08-10)August 10, 1932
Marysville, Kansas, U.S.
DiedMay 31, 2022(2022-05-31) (aged 89)
Long Grove, Illinois, U.S.
Alma materUniversity 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 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 was a senior fellow of the Brookings Institution and a professor emeritus and senior lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School.