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Robert Adam Mosbacher, Sr. (March 11, 1927 – January 24, 2010), was an American (United States) businessman, accomplished yacht racer (Yacht racing), and a Republican (Republican Party (United States)) politician. In sailing, Sports Illustrated called him "the unquestioned master of fleet racing." In business in 1954, he found a million-dollar field of natural gas in South Texas. Since then, Mosbacher Energy Company has been very successful. His accumulated wealth and political connections have placed the Mosbacher family among Houstons wealthiest families. He resided and his family continues to live in the affluent River Oaks (River Oaks (neighborhood)) neighborhood of Houston, Texas. He was U.S. Secretary of Commerce (United States Secretary of Commerce) from 1989 to 1992, during the administration of his friend, U.S. President George Herbert Walker Bush
Date of birth: 1927-03-11
Birth Location: Mount Vernon, New York, U.S.
Date of death: 2010-01-24
Death Location: Houston, Texas, U.S.
Residence: Houston, Texas, U.S.
Alma Mater: Washington & Lee University
Occupation: Petroleum industry executive,Yachtsman, Politician
Religion: Presbyterian (born Jewish (Judaism))
Spouse: Jane Pennybacker (?-1970),Sandra Smith Gerry (1973-1982),Georgette Paulsin (1985-1998),Michele McCutchen (2000-2010)
Children: Diane (Dee) Mosbacher (Dee Mosbacher),Robert Mosbacher Jr.,Kathryn Mosbacher,Lisa Mosbacher Mears
United States Secretary of Commerce
28th
In office: January 31, 1989-January 15, 1992
Predceded by: William Verity, Jr.
Succeeded by: Barbara Franklin
President: George H. W. Bush