Ted Kaufman
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Edward E. "Ted" Kaufman (born March 15, 1939) is an American politician and former businessman who served as a United States Senator from Delaware from 2009 to 2010.
He chaired the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Oversight of the Troubled Asset Relief Program; he was the second and final person to hold the position, succeeding Senator Elizabeth Warren.
Kaufman is a Democrat. Kaufman was appointed to the Senate to fill the term of longtime Senator Joe Biden, who was elected Vice President of the United States in 2008.
Prior to becoming a U.S. Senator, Kaufman had served as an adviser to Biden for much of his political career.
Early life, education and business career
Edward Emmett Kaufman was born on March 15, 1939, in Philadelphia, the son of Helen (née Carroll), a teacher, and Manuel Kaufman, a social worker. His father was of Russian Jewish ancestry and his mother was a Catholic of Irish descent. He was raised Catholic, his mother's religion. Kaufman graduated Central High School in Philadelphia, earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Duke University, and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Kaufman originally moved to Delaware in 1966 to work for DuPont as an engineer.
Post-Senate career
Since 1991, Kaufman has taught a course on the United States Congress in the law school of his alma mater, Duke University, as well as "Government, Business, and Public Policy in the Global Economy" for law and business students at Duke. From 1995 to 1999 he was co-chair of the Duke Law School Center for the Study of the Congress.
Kaufman is currently a member of the board of trustees of the Institute of International Education. He is also co-chair of the Delaware STEM Council.
In September 2014, Kaufman joined the board of directors of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs.
Ahead of the 2020 United States presidential election, Kaufman was made a co-chair of the Biden-Harris Transition Team, which planned the presidential transition of Joe Biden.