Kenneth W. Dam
Max Pam Professor Emeritus of American & Foreign Law and Senior Lecturer
1111 East 60th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
phone: 773-702-0216
email: kdam@law.uchicago.edu

EDUCATION
University of Chicago Law SchoolJ.D. 1957

University of Kansas
B.S. 1954

Experience

Full Time

University of Chicago Law School
Max Pam Professor of American and Foreign Law, 1992 - 2004 (on leave of absence for government service, 2001 - 2003)Director, Law and Economics Program, 1978 - 1980, 1995 - 1999Harold J. and Marion F. Green Professor, 1976-85 (on leave of absence for government service, 1982-85)Professor, 1964 - 1971, 1974 - 1976Associate Professor, 1961 - 1964Assistant Professor, 1960 - 1961

United States Department of the TreasuryDeputy Secretary of the Treasury, 2001 - 2003

United States Department of StateDeputy Secretary of State, 1982 - 1985

IBM Corporation
Vice President, Law and External Relations, and member of the Corporate Management Board, 1986 - 1992Director, IBM World Trade Asia Pacific Board, 1986 - 1992Vice President, 1985 - 1986

University of Chicago
Provost, 1980 - 1982

Council on Economic Policy
(responsible for coordination of U.S. domestic and international economic policy)
Executive Director, February - December 1973

Office of Management and Budget
Assistant Director for national security and international affairs, 1971 - 1973

University of Freiburg i. Br., Germany
Visiting Professor, 1964

Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York
Associate, 1958 - 1960

Mr. Justice Whittaker, U.S. Supreme Court
Law Clerk, 1957 - 1958

Part TimeAlcoa
Director, 1987 - 2001

Kirkland & Ellis
Of Counsel, 1993 - 1995Consultant, 1961 - 1971, 1974 - 1980, 1996

BMW of North America
Member, Advisory Board, 1990 - 1995

System Arbitrator for professional basketball1996 - 2001

MCI Communications Corp. v. American Telephone and Telegraph Co. (Northern District of Illinois)Special Master, 1976 - 1979

Professional Memberships

• National Associate, The National Academies (honorary)
• American Academy of Arts and Sciences (honorary)
• American Academy of Diplomacy (honorary)
• American Law Institute (honorary)