DIRK A. KEMPTHORNE

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FULL NAME:
Dirk Arthur Kempthorne

BORN:
October 29, 1951; 
San Diego, California

EDUCATION:
San Bernardino Valley College
University of Idaho, Moscow (BA, 1976)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 
1976-1978:
Executive Assistant to the Director, Idaho Department of Lands
1978-1981:
Executive Vice President, Idaho Home Builders Association
1982:
Campaign Manager for gubernatorial candidate Phil Batt
1983-1986:
State Public Affairs Manager, FMC Corporation
1986-1993:
Mayor of Boise, Idaho
1993-1999:
U.S. Senator (R-Idaho)
1999-2006:
Governor of Idaho
2003-2004:
Chair, National Governors Association
2006-2009:
U.S. Secretary of the Interior 

PORTRAITS:

DOI Photo
Artist: Michael Shane Neal (DOI Portrait)

RESOURCES:

6/7/2006: President George W. Bush stands with former Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne as he is sworn-in as the new U.S. Secretary of Interior by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C.. Patricia Kempthorne holds the Bible during her husband’s swearing-in, joined by their children Heather Myklegard and son, Jeff Kempthorne (White House Photo by Eric Draper)

White House
Biographical Directory of Congress
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia

MEDIA COVERAGE:

10/20/2007::President George W. Bush, joined by U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, at the Patuxent Research Refuge in Laurel, Md., discussing the steps his Administration is creating for a series of cooperative conservation steps to preserve and restore critical stopover habitat for migratory birds in the United States (White House Photo by Eric Draper)

INTERIOR NOMINATION (3/17/2006):
New York Times
Washington Post
White House