Robert M. Kimmitt

Infobox US Cabinet official
name=Robert M. Kimmitt


order=
title=Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
term_start=August 16, 2005
president=George W. Bush
predecessor=Stuart Eizenstat
successor=Incumbent
birth_date=birth date and age|1947|12|19
birth_place=
death_date=
death_place=
alma_mater=West Point
party=Republican
profession=
spouse = Holly Sutherland Kimmitt
children = 5
website = [http://www.ustreas.gov/ www.ustreas.gov]

Robert M. Kimmitt (born December 19, 1947) is the current Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Treasury. He was nominated by President Bush on June 29, 2005. The United States Senate unanimously confirmed him on July 29, 2005, and he was sworn into office on August 16, 2005.cite web |title = Treasury Officials |publisher = United States Department of the Treasury |url = http://www.treas.gov/organization/bios/kimmitt-e.html |accessdate = 2007-07-13]

Kimmitt served as Acting Secretary of the Treasury from Friday, June 30, until Monday morning, July 10, following John W. Snow's resignation,cite web |title = Snow bows out as Treasury secretary |publisher = Reuters |url = http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060629/bs_nm/economy_snow_departs_dc |accessdate = 2006-06-29] but prior to Henry Paulson being sworn in to office.cite web |title = President Bush Participates in Swearing-In Ceremony for Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson |publisher = Office of the Press Secretary|url = http://www.thechicagocouncil.org/chicago_council_event_past_prog_detail.php?eventid=3 |accessdate = 2006-07-10]

Education

Mr. Kimmitt graduated from Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High School in 1965. Mr. Kimmitt graduated with distinction from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1969. He received a law degree from Georgetown University in 1977, where he was editor in chief of "Law & Policy in International Business".

Military Service

From April 1970 to August 1971, Mr. Kimmitt served in combat with the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Vietnam, earning three Bronze Stars, the Purple Heart, the Air Medal, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. He retired in November 2004 as a Major General in the Army Reserve.

Career Highlights

Mr. Kimmitt has had a long public service career, both at home and abroad. From 1976 to 1977 and 1978 to 1983, Mr. Kimmitt was a member of the NSC Staff. From 1977 to 1978, he served as law clerk to Judge Edward A. Tamm of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He served at the White House as National Security Council Executive Secretary and General Counsel from 1983 to 1985, with the rank of Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. From 1985 to 1987, Mr. Kimmitt served as General Counsel to the U.S. Treasury Department, where he received the Alexander Hamilton Award, as well as the Arthur Flemming Award for distinguished public service.

Mr. Kimmitt then left public service, and from 1987 to 1989, served as a partner in the law firm of Sidley & Austin.

Mr. Kimmitt resumed his public service career in 1989, serving as as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs until 1991. For his service during the Gulf Crisis and War, President George H. W. Bush presented Mr. Kimmitt with the Presidential Citizens Medal, the Nation’s second highest civilian award. He served from 1991 to 1993 as United States Ambassador to Germany and was awarded the U.S. Defense Department Distinguished Public Service Award as well as Germany’s Order of Merit.

During 1997 Mr. Kimmitt was a member of the National Defense Panel, and from 1998 to 2005 he was a member of the Director of Central Intelligence’s National Security Advisory Panel. He also served as a member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the World Bank’s International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes.

Before rejoining the government in his current position, Mr. Kimmitt was a managing director of Lehman Brothers from 1993 to 1997. He was a partner at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering from 1997 to 2000. Mr. Kimmitt was Vice Chairman and President of Commerce One, a software company headquartered in the San Francisco Bay area. Mr. Kimmitt was Chairman of the International Advisory Council of Time Warner Inc., where he had served from July 2001 to February 2005 as Executive Vice President, Global Public Policy. From March through August 2005, he was also Senior International Counsel in the law firm of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.

In May 2007, he was mentioned in media reports as among the top candidates to be named president of the World Bank, a position ultimately filled by Robert Zoellick.

Family

Robert Kimmitt's father is Joseph Stanley Kimmitt (Stan), former Secretary of the Senate and army colonel, who died in 2004. Kimmitt's brother, Mark Kimmitt is the former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East and current Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs. Mr. Kimmitt and his wife Holly Sutherland Kimmitt have two daughters and three sons and reside in Arlington, Virginia. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the American Academy of Diplomacy, and speaks fluent German.

References

External links

* [http://www.treas.gov/organization/bios/kimmitt-e.html Bio at treas.gov]
* [http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20060820-104133-3139r.htm Reagan and Gadhafi] - Kimmitt's commentary on the 1981 "Line of Death" incident