Steven+Chu

Head of the Department of Energy. Born February 28, 1948, in St. Louis, Missouri to Chinese immagrants who came to America to get their degrees -- his father in chemical engineering, his mother in economics. Grew up in Garden City, New York. Married to Jean Chu, a physicist trained at Oxford University. Got the 1997 Nobel Prize in physics. His was one of only 3 chinese families is the town. Earned Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, Berkeley, where he also taught as a professor. Was chair of the Stanford University physics department and head of a research facility at Bell Labs. Is director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which is owned by the department that he leads. Is the first Energy secretary who is also a working scientist.