List of University of Michigan Law and Government Alumni - Secretaries of The Cabinet

Secretaries of The Cabinet

• Clinton Presba Anderson, (1915–1916) a Congressional Representative and a Senator from New Mexico;
• Edgardo Angara (LAW: LLM 1964) Secretary of Agriculture (emeritus) of the Philippines and former Executive Secretary.
• Chulanope Snidvongs na Ayuthaya (COE: MSE) Privy Councillor to the King of Thailand.
• Rand Beers, (MA 1970). Had a public service career spanning 25 years. Was assigned to take over the terrorism and narcotics desk at the National Security Council following Oliver North. In October 1998, was appointed by President Bill Clinton to the position of Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotic and Law Enforcement Affairs. Was assigned to counter terrorism in the George W. Bush White House. Joined the John Kerry campaign as a foreign policy advisor.
• Bill Brehm, (A.B. M.A.), served as assistant secretary of the army under Presidents Johnson and Nixon and as assistant secretary of defense under Presidents Nixon and Ford. Chairman (emeritus) of SRA International.
• Douglas A. Brook, (B.A., M.A.), nominated, in 2007, to be Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Dr. Brook currently serves as Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Center for Defense Management Reform in the School of Business and Public Policy at the Naval Postgraduate School. Prior to this, he served as Dean of the School of Business and Public Policy at the Naval Postgraduate School. Earlier in his career, he served as Acting Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management).
• Wilber Marion Brucker (A.B. 1916) Secretary of the Army
• Roy D. Chapin, Sr. (MDNG)US Secretary of Commerce, 1932–33;Hudson Motors President & CEO (1934–36); US Secretary of Commerce (1932–33); Hudson Motors President & CEO (1909–23);Hudson Motors Co-Founder (1906–09); Member of the Board of Hudson Motors (as Chairman 1923-36)
• Santiago Creel Miranda(born on 11 December 1954 in Mexico City) is a Mexican senator representing the right-of-center National Action Party who served as Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of President Vicente Fox.
• Terry Davis (BUS: MBA 1962) - Member of Britain's Parliament for 28 years, now Secretary General of the Council of Europe and human rights activist.
• William Rufus Day, United States Secretary of State during the Mckinley administration, he later negotiated the Peace Treaty ending the Spanish-American War and was later appointed as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court by President Theodore Roosevelt.
• Edwin C. Denby, (LAW: JD 1896) a Congressional Representative from Michigan; went to China in 1885 with his father, who was United States Minister; employed in the Chinese imperial maritime customs service 1887-1894; member of the State house of representatives in 1903; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, and Sixty-first Congresses (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1911); president of the Detroit Charter Commission in 1913 and 1914; president of the Detroit Board of Commerce in 1916 and 1917; appointed United States Secretary of the Navy by President Harding and served from March 4, 1921, until March 10, 1924.
• Robert F. Ellsworth (LAW: JD 1949) a Congressional Representative from Kansas; assistant to vice chairman, Federal Maritime Board in 1953 and 1954; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-seventh and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1961-January 3, 1967); National Political Director of the Presidential Campaign in 1968; special assistant to President Nixon, 1969; Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with rank of Ambassador, 1969–1971; general partner in Lazard Freres and Co. of New York City; Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs), 1974–1975; nominated by President Ford to be Deputy Secretary of Defense and served in that capacity from December 1975 until January 1977; vice chairman of the council, 1977–1990, chairman, 1990–1996, vice president, 1996 to present, International Institute for Strategic Studies, London, England; appointed to the U.S.-China Economic Security Review Commission, 2003 to present;
• Howard Flight, (BUS: MBA) and British MP. Holds 11 directorships. In September 2001, he was appointed Shadow Paymaster General and in July 2002 was promoted to Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury.
• Dan Glickman, (BA History 1966), a Congressional Representative from Kansas; United States Securities and Exchange Commission, 1969–1970; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fifth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1977-January 3, 1995); one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1986 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Harry E. Claiborne, judge of the United States District Court for Nevada; chair, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (One Hundred Third Congress); Congressman Glickman specialized primarily in agricultural matters, although he also chaired the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Among other things, he launched an inquiry into the Aldrich Ames spy case. Was chosen by President Clinton to serve as United States Secretary of Agriculture. In July 2004 Glickman was named Jack Valenti's successor as the president and CEO of the MPAA.
• James William Good, (LAW: JD 1893) a Congressional Representative from Iowa; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1909, until his resignation on June 15, 1921; chairman, Committee on Appropriations (Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses); appointed Secretary of War in the Cabinet of President Hoover and served from March 5, 1929, until his death in Washington, D.C., November 18, 1929;
• James F. Goodrich (B.S. 1937) (born January 24, 1913) was the United States Under Secretary of the Navy from 1981 to 1987.
• John L. Henshaw, (SPH: M.P.H. 1974). Serves as assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and health, heading up the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
• George M. Humphrey, United States Secretary of the Treasury during the Eisenhower Administration.
• Arthur M. Hyde (BA 1899) Governor of Missouri, 1921–25; US Secretary of Agriculture (1929–33)
• Robert P. Lamont(BSCE 1891) US Commerce Secretary, 1929–32;
• Estefania Aldaba-Lim ( Ph.D 1942). the first female Filipino Cabinet secretary serving as social services and development secretary from 1971 to 1977. She was also the first Filipino clinical psychologist. She played prominent roles as the former assistant secretary general of the United Nations Children's Fund's International Year of the Child. Was President of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines. She also founded the Museo Pambata in Manila. In 1948 she set up the Institute of Human Relations at Philippine Women's University. Ms. Aldab-Lim became was the first woman to become special ambassador to the United Nations, with the rank of assistant secretary general during the International Year of the Child in 1979. She received the UN Peace Medal Award from then Secretary General Kurt Waldheim.
• George de Rue Meiklejohn, (LAW: JD 1880) a Congressional Representative from Nebraska; member of the State senate 1884-1888 and served as its president 1886-1888; chairman of the Republican State convention of 1887; chairman of the Republican State central committee in 1887 and 1888; Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska 1889-1891; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1897); appointed by President McKinley as Assistant Secretary of War April 14, 1897, and served until March 1901, when he resigned;
• Julius Sterling Morton, (A.B. 1854), United States Secretary of Agriculture under President Grover Cleveland and founder of the National Holiday known as Arbor Day.
• Mark E. Rey (MA 1976) A former timber lobbyist, Rey has been, as of 2007, undersecretary for natural resources and environment at the Agriculture Department for six years. He oversees the Forest Service.
• Harvey S. Rosen (A.B. 1970), served as Chair of President Bush's Council of Economic Advisers. Served as the deputy assistant secretary for tax analysis in the Department of the Treasury under President George H.W. Bush from 1989 to 1991.
• Kenneth Lee Salazar, (LAW: JD 1981), a Senator from Colorado; chief legal counsel, Governor Roy Romer of Colorado, 1986–1990; executive director, Colorado Department of Natural Resources 1990-1994; Colorado State attorney general 1999-2005; elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 2004 for term beginning January 3, 2005. Appointed Secretary of the Interior in 2009.
• Rajiv Shah (B.S.E. (economics), 1995), Formerly the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics and Chief Scientist at the United States Department of Agriculture, Dr. Shah was sworn in on Dec. 31, 2009 as the 16th Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development.
• Edwin Forrest Sweet, (LAW: JD 1874) a Congressional Representative from Michigan; mayor of Grand Rapids 1904-1906; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second Congress (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1913); Assistant Secretary of Commerce 1913-1921;
• Henry Tang, (A.B. 1976), Financial Secretary of Hong Kong; August 4, 2003–present.
• John F. Turner (MA) reelected, in 2007, to board of directors Peabody Energy(NYSE: BTU). Turner is former United States Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES) within the State Department. Formerly President and Chief Executive Officer of the Conservation Fund, a national non-profit organization dedicated to public-private partnerships to protect land and water resources. He has also served as the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from 1989 to 1993. Served 19 years in the Wyoming State Legislature and is a past president of the Wyoming State Senate. He is also a director of International Paper and Ashland, Inc.
• Edwin Uhl, (MA 1863) United States Secretary of State and Ambassador to Germany during the Cleveland Administration.
• Edwin Willits, (AB 1955) a Congressional Representative from Michigan; member of the State board of education 1860-1872; appointed postmaster of Monroe January 1, 1863, by President Lincoln, and removed by President Johnson October 15, 1866; member of the commission to revise the constitution of the State in 1873; elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth, and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1883); president of the Michigan Agricultural College 1885-1889; First Assistant Secretary of Agriculture from March 23, 1889, to December 31, 1893;
• Donald C. Winter, (Ph.D. Physics 1972), President of Northrop Grumman's Mission Systems sector. Formerly President and CEO of TRW Systems. Elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2002. Appointed and confirmed as United States Secretary of the Navy in January 2006.
• Hubert Work (MED: 1882-1884), US Interior Secretary, 1923–28