Dan Glickman

Dan Glickman
Glickman as the 26th US Secretary of Agriculture, January 1995 – 2001
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Motion Picture Association of America
In office
2004–2010
Preceded byJack Valenti
Succeeded byChris Dodd
26th United States Secretary of Agriculture
In office
March 30, 1995 – January 20, 2001
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byMike Espy
Succeeded byAnn Veneman
Chair of the House Intelligence Committee
In office
January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995
Preceded byDave McCurdy
Succeeded byLarry Combest
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 4th district
In office
January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1995
Preceded byGarner E. Shriver
Succeeded byTodd Tiahrt
Personal details
Born
Daniel Robert Glickman

(1944-11-24) November 24, 1944 (age 79)
Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Rhoda Yura
(m. 1966)
Children2, including Jonathan
EducationUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor (BA)
George Washington University (JD)

Daniel Robert Glickman (born November 24, 1944) is an American politician, lawyer, lobbyist, and nonprofit leader. He served as the United States secretary of agriculture from 1995 until 2001 in the Clinton administration. He previously represented Kansas's 4th congressional district as a Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives for 18 years.[1]

Following his departure from public office, Glickman led Harvard University's School of Government and Institute of Politics.[1]

He was Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) from 2004 to 2010.[2]

He serves as a Senior Fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center, where he focuses on public health, national security, and economic policy issues. He also co-chairs BPC's Democracy Project[3] and co-leads the center's Nutrition and Physical Activity Initiative.

He also serves on the board of directors of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange,[4] MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger,[5] the board of Friends of the World Food Program[6] and is a member of the ReFormers Caucus of Issue One.[7] He also serves on the Council on American Politics at the George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management.[8]

  1. ^ a b "GLICKMAN, Daniel Robert (1944–)", Biographical Information, Bioguide, U.S. Congress official website, retrieved April 3, 2017.
  2. ^ Cohen, Alex, "Dan Glickman leaves the MPAA," Archived June 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine KPCC, Southern California Public Radio, March 30, 2010
  3. ^ Dan Glickman Joins the Bipartisan Policy Center Archived March 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Bipartisanpolicy.org. Retrieved on September 23, 2011.
  4. ^ Board of Directors, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Archived April 24, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Board of Directors, MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger Archived September 10, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Mazon.org. Retrieved on September 23, 2011.
  6. ^ Home | Friends of the World Food Program Archived August 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Friendsofwfp.org. Retrieved on September 23, 2011.
  7. ^ "Issue One – ReFormers Caucus". September 16, 2023.
  8. ^ "About | The Council on American Politics". GW's Graduate School of Political Management. Archived from the original on December 20, 2011. Retrieved February 3, 2012.