| Peter G. Peterson  AKA Peter George Peterson
Born: 5-Jun-1926
Birthplace: Kearney, NE
Died: 20-Mar-2018
Location of death: Manhattan, NY
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business, Government, Philanthropist
Party Affiliation: Republican Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations Father: George Peterson (born Georgios Petropoulos)
Mother: Venetia Paul
Sister: Elaine (d. infancy)
Brother: John Peterson
Wife: Dorothy Krengel ("Kris", div.)
Wife: Sally Hornbogen (m. 1953, div. 1979, four sons, one daughter)
Son: John
Son: Jim
Son: David
Daughter: Holly
Son: Michael Alexander Peterson
Wife: Joan Ganz Cooney (Children's Television Workshop, m. 1980)
High School: Longfellow High School, Kearney, NE (1942)
University: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (dropped out)
University: BS, Northwestern University (1947)
University: MBA, University of Chicago (1951)
Blackstone Group Co-Founder (1985-)
Lehman Brothers CEO (1973-84)
US Secretary of Commerce (1972-73 under Richard M. Nixon)
White House Staff Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs (1971-72)
Bell and Howell CEO (1963-71)
Bell and Howell President (1961-63)
Bell and Howell Executive VP (1958-61)
Member of the Board of 3M
Member of the Board of Bell and Howell (as Chairman, 1963-71)
Member of the Board of Black and Decker
Member of the Board of Blackstone Group (as Senior Chairman)
Member of the Board of CITGO
Member of the Board of The Continental Group (past)
Member of the Board of Federated Department Stores
Member of the Board of Federal Reserve Bank of New York (as Chairman, 2000-04)
Member of the Board of General Foods
Member of the Board of Lehman Brothers (as Chairman, 1973-77)
Member of the Board of 3M
Member of the Board of RCA
Member of the Board of Sony
Committee for Economic Development Trustee
Common Good Advisory Board
Concord Coalition Founding President
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Board of Directors
Council on Competitiveness
Council on Foreign Relations Chairman
Every Republican is Crucial PAC
Friends of Dick Lugar
Friends of Giuliani Exploratory Committee
Friends of Senator D'Amato 1998 Committee
George W. Bush for President
Gephardt for President
Institute for International Economics Founding Chairman
Japan Society Trustee
John Kerry for President
John McCain 2008
McCain 2000
McCain for Senate '98
McCain Victory Committee
Museum of Modern Art Trustee
National Bureau of Economic Research Board of Directors
National Republican Senatorial Committee
Nixon Center Director
Pilgrims Society
Public Agenda Board of Directors
Straight Talk America
Women's Economic Round Table Honorary Committee
World Trade Center Memorial Foundation Board of Directors
Wedding: George Stephanopoulos and Alexandra Wentworth (2001)
Greek Ancestry
Author of books:
Running On Empty: How The Democratic and Republican Parties Are Bankrupting Our Future and What Americans Can Do About It (2004, nonfiction)
Gray Dawn: How The Coming Age Wave Will Transform America -- And The World (1999, nonfiction)
Will America Grow Up Before It Grows Old? (1996, nonfiction)
Facing Up: How to Rescue the Economy from Crushing Debt and Restore the American Dream (1993, nonfiction)
The Education of an American Dreamer: How a Son of Greek Immigrants Learned His Way from a Nebraska Diner to Washington, Wall Street, and Beyond (2009, memoir)
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