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Source: Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.迷你倉Aug. 19--President Obama played golf six times during his eight-day vacation. And while the vacation vibe this year was much more mellow that when the first family took it easy on the island in 2009, 2010 and 2011, there appeared to be no shortage of golf partners to help feed Obama's obsession. In all 13 people made up various foursomes during last week. Here is who got some chipping time with the leader of the free world:Trade Ambassador Ron Kirk was Obama's most frequent golfing partner last week, joining the president on three of six golf outings. He was the first African-American mayor of Dallas and was the U.S. trade representative, a Cabinet-level position, for four years in the Obama administration. He resigned in March to join the Gibson Dunn law firm and will advise global clients working out of the firm's Dallas and Washington, D.C., offices, according to the Dallas Morning News. Kirk is legally barred from lobbying or trying to influence the agency he led. In 2008, The National Law Journal named him one of "The 50 Most Influential Minority Lawyers in America."Dr. Jim Yong Kim, M.D., Ph.D., president of the World Bank since July 2012, joined Obama on the golf course twice last week. Formerly he was president of Dartmouth College in New Hampshire for three years and was a professor and department chairman at Harvard Medical School, the Harvard School of Public Health and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, according to the World Bank website. Kim co-founded Partners In Health, an international health and social justice organization, and is a former director of the HIV/AIDS Department at the World Health Organization.Robert Wolf golfed with President Obama on the first full day of his vacation. Wolf, 51, is founder and CEO of 32 Advisors, a Wall Street consulting firm, and former CEO of UBS Americas, a banking company. He is one of Obama's principal Wall Street allies, according to The Associated Press. While many in the banking industry had cooled to Obama, Wolf was a fundraiser and vocal supporter during the 2012 re-election campaign, according to The Wall Street Journal. He was one of about 60 people who raised more than $1 million ($1.3 million) for Obama's recent campaign and the Democratic Party, according to The New York Times. He is one of the president's principal Wall Street allies, according The Associated Press. He served on Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness from 2011 to 2013, was a member of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board from 2009 to 2011, the Homeland Security Advisory Council's Border Infrastructure Task Force in 2012 and currently sits on the President's Export Council, according to the 32 Advisors website.Dr. Eric Whitaker, M.D., is a longtime friend of the Obamas from Chicago who often golfs and plays basketball with the president and, with his wife, Cheryl, a pediatrician, travels with the Obama family. He is the former head of the Illinois Department of Public Health and former associate dean and executive vice president, strategic affiliations, at the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he worked with the first lady, according to ChicagoMagazine.com. He played basketball and one game of golf with th文件倉 president last week.Allison Davis is a lawyer and real estate developer in Chicago. He co-founded a Chicago law firm where Obama once worked after graduating from Harvard Law School and contributed to Obama's early political campaigns, according to The New York Times. Davis golfed once with Obama last week but also was part of a foursome in January when the president vacationed in Hawaii, according to the Times.Vernon Jordan, 77, is a partner at Lazard Freres & Co. and formerly was an adviser to the American Express Co., according to Bloomberg Businessweek.com. A lawyer, he is often described as a longtime Washington, D.C., power broker, who has vacationed on the Vineyard for many years. He joined the president for a one golf game and often accompanied former President Bill Clinton on the links when Clinton vacationed on the Vineyard in the 1990s.Brian Roberts, 53, is chairman and CEO of Comcast Corp. He played one game of golf with President Obama last week after which he and his wife, Aileen, hosted a cocktail party for the president and first lady in their Vineyard Haven home. The party lasted two hours.Eunu Chun, a New York lawyer with Kirkland & Ellis, joined Obama on the golf course Sunday. He was a fundraiser for the president's re-election campaign and raised more than $178,000, according to OpenSecrets.com. During his career, he represented Bain Capital, the company founded by Mitt Romney, who lost the general election to Obama, who criticized Romney's ties to the private equity company, according to The Wall Street Journal.Glen Hutchins is co-founder and co-CEO of Silver Lake Partners, a private equity firm and a part owner of the Boston Celtics basketball team, according to The Wall Street Journal and .nba.com. He played golf with the president Saturday. He is also chairman of the board of SunGard Corp. and a director of the NASDAQ Stock Market Inc., according to the Journal. He served on both of President Clinton's transition teams and as a White House adviser on economic and health care policy, according to the Journal. He donated $50,000 to Obama's 2012 inauguration, according to OpenSecrets.com.Larry David, 66, a comedian, writer and producer, played a round of golf with the president Saturday. He is the creator of the HBO comedy "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and, in the 1990s, "Seinfeld." He donated to Obama's 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns funds.Marvin Nicholson is a personal aide to the president. A former bartender and golf caddie, he later worked as the personal assistant to Secretary of State John Kerry, who was then a U.S. senator from Massachusetts, according to The Washington Post. He often plays basketball and golf with Obama.Sam Kass, 33, is the White House chef and the executive director of Let's Move! and senior policy adviser on nutrition, according to the White House website. He often plays golf and basketball with the president.Mike Brush is a special assistant to the president and deputy director of advance operations, according to the White House website. He joined the president for one round of golf Sunday.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 Cape Cod Times (Hyannis, Mass.) Visit the Cape Cod Times (Hyannis, Mass.) at .capecodonline.com Distributed by MCT Information Services存倉