[1] Holy Cross Hospital, Washington, DC.
Brother: Burton A. Pierce
Wife: Barbara Penn Wright
Daughter: Victoria Wright
University: BA, Cornell University (1947)
Law School: JD, Cornell Law School (1949)
Law School: LLM, New York University (1952)
Professor: New York University (1958-70)
Administrator: Trustee, Cornell University (1972-77 and 1978-82)
US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (1981-89)
US Treasury Department (1970-73)
Battle, Fowler, Joffin, Pierce and Khoel Partner
US Justice Department Assoc. Counsel, Subcommittee on Anti-Trust, US Sup. Ct. (1956)
US Labor Department Assistant Undersecretary of Labor (1955-56)
Assistant US Attorney Southern District New York (1953-55)
Elizabeth Dole for President
George W. Bush for President
National Republican Senatorial Committee
Reagan-Bush '84 Member, Reagan-Bush All-Stars
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Eagle Scout 1936
Distinguished Eagle Scout Award
Took the Fifth
Stroke