Name: William Daley.
Age: 49.
Family: Married, with three children; son of the famous Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago, his brother Richard now holds the same post.
Education: BA Loyola University Chicago, 1970; law degree John Marshall Law School, Chicago, 1975.
Background: Partner in various Chicago law firms 1975-1990; president and CEO Amalgamated Bank of Chicago 1990-93; Special Counsel on North American Free Trade Agreement 1993; he has been President Clinton's Secretary of Commerce since 1996.
Why in the news: He will lead a trade delegation to Northern Ireland and the Border counties next week looking for new investment opportunities and partnerships. The participants include: Arjay Telecom, Boeing, Boston Concessions Group, Custom Biologicals, Environmental Engineering and Remediation, Fluor Daniel, Fruit of the Loom, General Electric, Information+Graphics Systems, McBurney Corporation, Motorola, MPL Corporation, Monsanto, Pfizer, Pitney Bowes, Sara Lee Corporation, Techman International Corporation and TrinTech.
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